As one of four fundamental forces in nature, magnetism is virtually everywhere in the world. Many technologies—hard drives, ...

For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects from light using so-called metamaterials with extreme and often unrealistic ...

Two magicians physicists at the University of Rochester in New York have created an invisibility cloak capable of hiding large objects, such as humans, buses, or satellites, from visible light.

Chinese researchers have succeeded in using a highly novel approach to craft a Teflon-based invisibility cloak in just 15 minutes. The process, called topology optimization, uses computer software to ...

What do Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and stealth fighter jets that evade radar have in common? They both make objects ...

What would it take to hide an entire planet? It sounds more like a question posed in an episode of “Star Trek” than in academic discourse, but sometimes the bleeding edge of science blurs with themes ...

DURHAM, N.C. — A team led by scientists at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering has demonstrated the first working “invisibility cloak.” The cloak deflects microwave beams so they flow around ...

Scientists and researchers are actively working on ways to make cloaking devices reality. A new video from the American Chemical Society shows us how. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

If you liked last year's bulky invisibility cloaks, you'll love this year's fashionable ultra-thin invisibility wrap — which is just a tenth of a millimeter thick but can still make the objects inside ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. (‘Fractal’) today announced it has secured patent on a method to detect invisibility cloaks and related stealth metamaterials, thus ...

Forget Harry Potter’s fictional invisibility cloak: A Canadian company that manufactures camouflage uniforms has created a mind-blowing, light-bending material that can make objects seemingly ...