What do Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and stealth fighter jets that evade radar have in common? They both make objects invisible despite their physical presence. Building upon this concept, a ...

Harry Potter’s iconic “Invisibility Cloak” could perhaps be within our sight. Chinese scientists have devised a camouflage material that adjusts its molecular composition to blend into the background, ...

A Chinese scientist’s viral demonstration shows how simple optics can make body parts vanish, sparking global debate over ...

Texas scientists create "mirage effect" in lab. Oct. 5, 2011 — -- It's hard to write about the experiment done at the University of Texas at Dallas without invoking Harry Potter and his ...

From cloaking devices that conceal spaceships, to Harry Potter’s hand-me-down disappearing blanket, or even the One Ring and its power to conceal its wearer, invisibility is a staple in science ...

Science and fiction always had a chicken and egg relationship: it’s hard to tell which one informs the other. Take invisibility, a fantastical notion brought into popular culture first by HG Wells’ ...

Imagine: You’re the proud owner of an invisibility cloak. What do you do? Do you sneak into concerts and make your way on stage? Spy on your friends to find out what they say about you when you’re not ...

Discovered: Wizard-like scientists make objects invisible; death is close when chromosome tips are worn down; pregnant women who contract flus are more likely to have autistic babies; prosthetic skin ...

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 ...

Let's get one thing straight: scientists have not invented an invisibility cloak. Nor have they developed an invisibility ring, a car with an invisibility button, or a pill that makes pigs invisible.

Hospitals, power grids, aerospace systems, and scientific laboratories all host extremely sensitive technologies that allow the facilities to do what they need to do—as long as no pesky, unwanted ...