Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering ...

Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, ...

A material that can switch its appearance, cephalopod-style, could have future applications in robotics or display technology ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

An artificial skin that can independently control its texture and color, much like an octopus, has been developed. It is ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...

If you've ever wondered if octopuses dream, science has a fascinating answer. When these eight-armed masters of disguise fall asleep, they don't simply settle into a quiet snooze. Instead, they ...

In a flash, an octopus can make like ragged-edged seaweed or coral by changing the color and texture of its skin, thus becoming nearly invisible in its environment. And in the future, robots may be ...

The octopus is famous for, what else, eight arms, each of which has hundreds of suckers. Scientists have been studying how octopuses control all those weird appendages. It was recently discovered that ...

Learn the surprising similarities between the sleep cycles of octopuses and humans, and how an octopus’ skin may reveal what they dream about. If you’ve ever wondered if octopuses dream, science has a ...