Invisibility shields have always seemed like a fun yet unrealistic creation destined to remain fictional forever. But not only has somebody figured out how to make a real one, they’ve done it using ...

Two magicians physicists at the University of Rochester in New York have created an invisibility cloak capable of hiding large objects, such as humans, buses, or satellites, from visible light.

Making something invisible is a big call. You not only have to stop people from seeing the thing itself, you have to make sure they can still see what's behind it — otherwise that big empty gap tends ...

Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete brochosomes: rare nanoparticles with invisibility properties. But for the first time, a group of scientists has created their own synthetic brochosomes.

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a method that makes objects on a magnetic field invisible within a particle stream. Until now, this so-called cloaking had only been studied ...

A British startup claims to have created a real world “invisibility shield” that doesn’t even need power to operate. Think of it as Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, but in the shape of a flat piece ...

Demaris is a reader, writer, and gamer from Juneau, Alaska. She has been writing about games, movies, and other pop culture phenomena since 2015. Demaris has a particular fondness for fantasy and ...

Scientists are getting closer to creating a real-life invisibility cloak. A new study published in the journal Science shows scientists have created what they are calling a “ultrathin invisibility ...

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 ...

German scientists experiment with hiding 3-D objects by bending light waves. March 20, 2010— -- It was once the stuff of movie wizards: a cloak that can make someone disappear. But now, thanks to ...

After five years of steady progress, scientists are now edging closer and closer to mastering real-world invisibility. Sure, researchers have already made marked strides toward making objects ...

A comprehensive analysis of English-language literature published over the last century reveals distinct patterns in how race and gender intersect within written text. The findings suggest that Black ...