Invisibility cloaks and deflector shields, once a staple of popular science-fiction, are now the real deal, researchers say. Cloaking and shields have long protected starcruisers from blaster shots ...

Deflector shields in Star Trek protect against space debris and enemy attacks by emitting gravitons to shield the ship. Deflector shields can be overwhelmed by solar flares and photon torpedoes, as ...

One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could. These threats can, however, be defeated.

A Star Trek style deflector shield that could protect deep-space astronauts, such as the much-discussed manned mission to Mars, from cancer-causing levels of radiation is in testing, researchers have ...

In the Star Wars universe, firing up the deflector shields is no big deal. Imperial cruiser on your tail? Deflector shields. Incoming TIE Fighter? Better flip on the deflectors. Science fiction has ...

One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could. These threats can, however, be defeated.

Magnetic “deflector shields” could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off. Exposure to energetic charged particles could put astronauts on ...

WALTHAM,Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fractal Antenna Systems today disclosed that it has successfully tested a device capable of diverting electromagnetic radiation, thereby producing the ‘deflector shield ...

You’ve answered the call for volunteers, signed up for the Mars trip and you are looking forward to boldly going to space, the final frontier, to explore a strange new world. But wait. Recent evidence ...

The plasma-filled shield would offer protection from harmful particles British scientists are planning to see whether a Star Trek-style deflector shield could be built to protect astronauts from ...