Squid and several other cephalopods can rapidly shift the colors in their skin, thanks to that skin's unique structure. Engineers at the University of Toronto have drawn inspiration from the squid ...

Squid skin is translucent and features an outer layer ... genus Sepioteuthis that have leucophores that they can 'tune" to only scatter certain wavelengths of light. If the cells allow light ...

And it was inspired by squid skin. “It’s one of the first times ... each with a unique decoding key that can be programmed only to work with specific encoding keys, adding an extra layer ...

How far along is the squid skin? It’s not perfect. It extends only into the near infrared spectrum, which is closest to visible light. What is the next step for your group? “The next step is ...

The skin of a squid is basically a magic material that ... filled with pigment and it’s pretty much their strongest (only?) defense mechanism in the open waters. They can change how iridescent ...

The squid’s ability to change its skin color ... taken inspiration from squids to create a new artificial skin that can not only withstand extreme cold but can also kill bacteria and fungi ...

And the ester forms a covalent amide bond to the squid’s skin. When dry ... students went out with Mooney to test the material. Not only did it adhere exactly as expected, but it also allowed ...

But you should probably be more concerned by the cephalopod’s huge brain---which not only helps ... Certain kinds of squid send messages by manipulating the color of their skin.

Inspired by the natural properties of squid skin, the material can be switched between transparent and opaque to block ... light based on surface nano- and microstructures have been developed before.