Abstract: The animation of realistic virtual avatars in crowd scenarios is an important element of immersive virtual environments. However, achieving this realism requires attention to multiple ...

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For centuries, nature has quietly outperformed human engineering. Octopuses and cuttlefish can vanish against coral, ripple their skin into spines, or flash patterns to communicate—sometimes all at ...

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On December 4th, at the end of the Fall 2025 semester, Interim President Jeffery Osgood sent out an email regarding major University changes. These organizational changes range from a new Vice ...

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a new fabrication method that allows a programmable “smart synthetic skin” to change its appearance, texture, and shape while also hiding or revealing ...

At the Yee Chain factory in Taiwan, sustainability lead Anett Sóti is bracing for another year of environmental chaos. Among her primary concerns are flooding in the low-lying garment production hubs ...

As the human race looks toward a future of space exploration and perhaps even colonization, one new discovery sheds light on a potential challenge. Traveling and being in space changes the shape of an ...

Behavior is at the heart of nearly every challenge in the workplace, from leadership and fair decisions to high performance and AI adoption. But how should organizations go about influencing behavior?