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 ...

Ukraine has reportedly developed a real-life “invisibility cloak” that can hide soldiers from Russian thermal cameras thanks to its unique properties that block heat signature radiation. The images ...

This is something straight out of the movies, you guys. The Harry Potter movies, to be specific. University of Central Florida Assistant Professor, Debashis Chanda, is leading a team of researchers in ...

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

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, ...

(Phys.org) —Researchers have discovered an alternative way to make an invisibility cloak that departs from other attempts to do so. Attempts in the past have been via metamaterials, created by ...

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 several years, scientists have worked on real-world invisibility cloaks akin to the one that shields boy wizard Harry Potter from light waves. While that's neat-o and all, a research group in ...

Harry Potter fans are going wild after a man revealed he was making a real-life invisibility cloak, as he demonstrated an incredible illusion. Dean Jackson, a presenter for the BBC, shared a clip to ...

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 ...