A thin, flexible new material steals its color-shifting capabilities of cephalopod skin. Certain cephalopods, such as this cuttlefish, camouflage themselves using multilayered skin that mimics the colors and patterns around them. Using cephalopod skin as a blueprint, materials scientists created a thin, flexible material that can respond to changes in light. Here, the material replicates light patterns shone on it by a flashlight. Read the full story: [ Ссылка ]

Credits: Video courtesy of Fedor Kleber/YouTube; Cunjiang Yu et al/PNAS 2014. Reported by Beth Mole; Produced by Ashley Yeager.

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