There’s a well-known story in Plato’s Republic in which a humble shepherd named Gyges finds a magical gold ring that renders whoever wears it invisible. Gyges proceeds to use his newfound power to ...

layer with the tailored "invisibility cloak" underneath. The cloak, made from laser-sculpted layers of polymer, hides the bump from optical detection. Scientists have designed a more stylish cloak of ...

Could invisibility cloaks become a reality? New research brings this science fiction concept a step closer, with a breakthrough software package that simulates how waves interact with complex ...

New materials that can change the way light and other forms of radiation bend around an object may provide a way to make objects invisible, researchers say. Two separate teams of researchers have come ...

Becoming invisible with the swish of a cloak as in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels could soon be a reality with a £4.5m research project led by Queen Mary, University of London. The project, Quest ...

Becoming invisible with the swish of a cloak as in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels could soon be a reality with a £4.5m research project led by Queen Mary, University of London. The project, Quest ...

In “Invisibility,” the professor of physics and optical science Gregory J. Gbur examines the past and future of everyone’s favorite plot device. By Nathaniel Rich When you purchase an independently ...

Scheme of the difference between the SCS and DT detection techniques. a) The SCS is a scalar quantity related to the total scattered power for a given incident direction. The phase of the scattered ...

Researchers say they are a step closer to developing materials that bend visible light in a way that eliminates the creation of reflections or shadows. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET ...