This octopus-inspired smart skin can change shape and reveal hidden secrets on command.

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, the appearance, texture and mechanical response of whic ...

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

Researchers at Penn State have developed a new fabrication method that allows a programmable ...

The hydrogel behaves like a programmable canvas. Rather than using traditional pigments, researchers embedded data directly ...

A Reddit user asked about the small black dots on almost every car's windscreen - and it turns out they have a crucial ...

The City of Orlando has undergone massive change in the past century. Above: a view of downtown Orlando and Interstate ...

In a utilitarian structure of reinforced concrete, a bastion of pragmatism near the Trinity River, there worked a group of government employees, ...

Researchers unveil octopus-inspired smart skin that hides images, changes shape, and encodes data via 4D printing.

The term “Super Bowl” is a registered trademark of the National Football League (NFL) and comes with strict usage rules. Using team names, logos, official phrases, or the Super Bowl name itself on ...

Most synthetic materials are made to do just one or two things. Once they are created, their properties rarely change. A research team at Penn State is trying to change that idea by developing a new ...