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

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

Invisibility shields have always seemed like a fun yet unrealistic creation destined to remain fictional forever. But not only has somebody figured out how to make a real one, they’ve done it using ...

Researchers cracked the code of nature's anti-reflective technology, manufacturing leafhopper-inspired particles that cut ...

Remember the Invisibility Shield that launched on Kickstarter just over two years ago? The British startup Invisibility Shield Co’s eye-tricking gizmo, which is roughly as flat as a piece of cardboard ...

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.

Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete brochosomes: rare nanoparticles with invisibility properties. But for the first time, a group of scientists has created their own synthetic brochosomes.

What would you think if I told you that there is technology available today that could make you vanish? It’s true. Thanks to optical engineering, it's possible to become invisible to the naked eye.

A British startup claims to have created a real world “invisibility shield” that doesn’t even need power to operate. Think of it as Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, but in the shape of a flat piece ...

Scientists have long believed the key to an invisibility cloak, as featured in Harry Potter, is the manipulation of light. The fundamentally new approach overcomes critical shortcomings of previous ...

German scientists experiment with hiding 3-D objects by bending light waves. March 20, 2010— -- It was once the stuff of movie wizards: a cloak that can make someone disappear. But now, thanks to ...