Researchers say a new technology can identify individuals even when they are not carrying a WiFi device by passively ...

The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the ...

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

The Russian trooper was seen awkwardly waddling across a snowy battlefield dressed as what appears to be a penguin - but the ...

A Chinese scientist’s viral demonstration shows how simple optics can make body parts vanish, sparking global debate over whether real-world invisibility is science, illusion, or something in between.

Forward-looking: A team of engineers at the University of Leicester has demonstrated that magnetic cloaking – once a largely theoretical concept – can now be designed in ways that are manufacturable ...

Hospitals, power grids, aerospace systems, and scientific laboratories all host extremely sensitive technologies that allow the facilities to do what they need to do—as long as no pesky, unwanted ...

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 ...

When you unlock a phone, step into view of a security camera or drive past a license plate reader at night, beams of infrared light – invisible to the naked eye — shine onto the unique contours of ...