Invisibility cloaks have been around in various forms since 2006, when the first cloak based on optical metamaterials was demonstrated. The design of cloaking devices has come a long way in the past ...

Could Harry Potter's invisibility cloak be one step closer to becoming a reality? A research team from Queen Mary University of London's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science says it ...

When it comes to invisibility cloaks, one of the trickiest problems is how to make the things. The materials of choice are known as metamaterials which are created by assembling a repeating pattern of ...

Some scientists seem to take their cues from science fiction or fantasy novels. Physicists in Texas have developed a method to make objects “invisible” within a limited range of light waves. It’s not ...

Ever wish you could just disappear? Turns out this may not be as far off as we thought. In the past decade, scientists have made huge advances in developing super materials that may one day hide us ...