A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

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

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

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

The genetic underpinnings of pigmentation and colour patterning in fish encompass a complex interplay of gene regulation, cell fate determination and evolutionary innovation. Neural crest cells, which ...

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

This "cozy fireside" bath soak and these decadently warm, lightweight slippers will be so glad you stayed home with them ...