Changing colours: the material could alert pedestrians to the presence of a fast-moving car. (Courtesy: Fan et al/Sci. Adv. 2019) Physicists in China and the US have created a retroflective material ...

Imagine wearing a shirt that turns from deep blue to bright red when you’re working out, or a dress that shifts from black to silver as you move from air conditioning into summer heat. The fabric that ...

UK researchers have created the first smart fabric that can change shape and color in response to two different stimuli: heat and electricity. The development opens up new possibilities in various ...

Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is ...

Animals are brilliant, aren't they? They can fly, they can stay underwater without coming up for air, and they can even make themselves invisible. While I am a fan of the fluffier members of the ...

E-ink displays may be easier on the eyes and less power-hungry than backlit LCDs used in most tablets and phones, but in the color department they're still playing catch-up. However, this could change ...

An obsolete photographic technique that won a Nobel prize more than a century ago has been resurrected to create a novel material that changes colour when stretched. It could be used to make bandages ...