Every kid has had the wish to put on a magic coat that would make him or her invisible. In the latest issue of the journal Science, scientists explain how it might actually be possible. Monday's ...

From the wish-granting jinn of Arabian folklore to the shadow people of Inuit mythology, creatures possessing the fantastical ...

A Chinese scientist’s viral demonstration shows how simple optics can make body parts vanish, sparking global debate over ...

WASHINGTON - A cloak of invisibility may be common in science fiction but it is not so easy in the real world. New research suggests such a device may be moving closer to reality. Scientists said on ...

Imagine: You’re the proud owner of an invisibility cloak. What do you do? Do you sneak into concerts and make your way on stage? Spy on your friends to find out what they say about you when you’re not ...

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 ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. (‘Fractal’) today announced it has secured patent on a method to detect invisibility cloaks and related stealth metamaterials, thus ...

You know how a princess can feel a pea through 20 mattresses and 20 feather beds? Well, not any more. Researchers in Germany have created the first mechanical invisibility cloak. When this cloak is ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have designed an invisibility cloak that can temporally hide objects for an indefinite period of time. Objects covered by this invisibility cloak wouldn't ...