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 ...

A team of researchers at KAIST have developed a new liquid metal ink that could be applied to robots and wearable devices to ...

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, ...

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 magnetic cloak works by diverting external magnetic fields so that, to an external observer, the object appears to be absent or invisible. Although this idea ...

The "cloaking technology," which manipulates electromagnetic waves to avoid detection by radar or sensors, has now been realized in the form of a ...

Jan. 7, 2012— -- Forget wrapping an object – say, Harry Potter – in a cloak of invisibility. How about hiding an event using time? What may be a distant dream for this year's Indianapolis Colts ...

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 ...

Leafhoppers (left) are a common backyard insect that secrete amazingly complex nanoparticles called brochosomes (right).Lin Wang and Tak-Sing Wong Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete ...

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