Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a method that makes objects on a magnetic field invisible within a particle stream. Until now, this so-called cloaking had only been studied ...

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 ...

In the movie "Predator," an alien uses a cloaking device to hide in plain sight, but the effect is far from perfect: The alien's attempt to conceal itself is thwarted by distortions of light bending ...

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.

The thin “carpet cloak” is made of a layer of Teflon and embedded ceramic particles, represented by blue dots. (Image Credit: Li-Yi Hsu/Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego) Watch out Harry ...

An invisibility cloak that is less than five times bigger than the object it conceals has been unveiled by physicists in Denmark and the UK. They say that their device, which they built using ...

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 ...

Invisibility cloaks made of plastic can now be created at home using 3D printers, researchers show. The first clues that cloaking devices might one day become more than science fiction, a la "Star ...

We have been reporting on invisibility cloaks since starry-eyed theorists managed to show that it was mathematically possible to design a structure that prevented electromagnetic waves from ...

In the movie "Predator," an alien uses a cloaking device to hide in plain sight, but the effect is far from perfect: The alien's attempt to conceal itself is thwarted by distortions of light bending ...

A device called the Rochester Cloak uses an array of lenses to bend light, effectively rendering what is on the other side invisible to the eye. And you can try it for yourself. Michelle Starr Science ...

Scientists are getting closer to creating a real-life invisibility cloak. A new study published in the journal Science shows scientists have created what they are calling a “ultrathin invisibility ...