Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...

The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

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

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

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...

The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

There’s a time and a place for minimalism, but if you’re more inspired by the bright-patterned, plant-filled palaces that Justina Blakeney publishes on The Jungalow than stark, less-is-more design, ...