Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

"Between a mother-tree and a young seed at the same time" is how Brazilian director Priscilla Kellen felt as she became a ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

"Cephalopods use a complex system of muscles and nerves to exhibit dynamic control over the appearance and texture of their ...

In some solid materials under specific conditions, mutual Coulomb interactions shape electrons into many-body correlated ...

The team used their new printing method to encode a photo of the Mona Lisa onto their smart skin material (left). The photo, which can initially appear hidden in the material, can be revealed by ...

Scientists uncover how finger-length ratios in newborns reveal hormonal influences that may have shaped human brain evolution.

Studying the shape of tissues and organs is critical to understanding how they are formed. Embryonic development happens in ...

Pokémon Pokopia' may take on a different presentation than the mainline games, but the life-sim spin-off makes sure to honour ...

Technique lays the groundwork for neutral-atom quantum computers with more than 100 000 qubits, say physicists ...