A robot modeled on a chameleon and developed by South Korean researchers can change colors to match its surroundings. Like real chameleons, the robo-chameleon collects information from its environment ...

Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, ...

A chameleon’s exterior can dapple on demand with a remarkable variety of colors and patterns. Researchers are inching towards realizing that capability in robots. MarkBridger via Getty Images A team ...

Chameleons are nature’s masters of disguise, blending into their surroundings by changing the spacing between guanine nanocrystals in their skin. This trick alters the wavelengths of light their skin ...

Creatures like chameleons and cuttlefish can effortlessly change the colors and patterns of their skin to match their surroundings, but recreating that clever camouflaging trick on a robot required ...

Invisibility is something we all crave, as we’ve been shown how cool it can be since young childhood, what with Tom and Jerry, Harry Potter and all. But for now, we have to stick with the next best ...

Scientists in China and Germany have designed an artificial color-changing material that mimics chameleon skin, with luminogens (molecules that make crystals glow) organized into different core and ...

The skin of a panther chameleon has an amazing ability to display rich and brilliant color changes due to the organization of different iridophores into a core-shell structure. Inspired by this ...

Scientists have designed an artificial color-changing material that mimics chameleon skin, with luminogens (molecules that make crystals glow) organized into different core and shell hydrogel layers ...