Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as "Star ...

Physicists at the University of Rochester have created an incredibly versatile cloaking device, which hides things from view. But more importantly, you can make this crazy concealing device at home ...

This fence is not as advertised, sir. The last time we wrote about invisibility cloaks was when metamaterials were used to conceal all of the visual spectrum except violet. Now two different research ...

Scientists might be a step – a teeny tiny step – closer to developing that Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak of your dreams. Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a thin metamaterial that can ...

INVISIBILITY is a well-worn narrative device – one that has, you might say, made many appearances in fiction. Plato wondered if the mythical Ring of Gyges, which made its wearer disappear, would ...