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 ...

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 ...

In this weekly series, Life's Little Mysteries scores the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts. In the "Star Trek" universe, cloaking devices on Romulan and Klingon spaceships create all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian developers are looking to bring science-fiction to life with an "invisibility cloak," a lightweight overcoat able to ...

Are physics – not magic — the key to a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak? New research indicates yes. A recent study by researchers from Imperial College London involves a new class of space-aged ...

Science and fiction always had a chicken and egg relationship: it’s hard to tell which one informs the other. Take invisibility, a fantastical notion brought into popular culture first by HG Wells’ ...

We celebrate the International Year of Light by exploring the science behind light. Reactions is taking a look to see if science and chemistry could make invisibility cloaks possible. Have you ever ...

If you liked last year's bulky invisibility cloaks, you'll love this year's fashionable ultra-thin invisibility wrap — which is just a tenth of a millimeter thick but can still make the objects inside ...

WASHINGTON -- They can't match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility. Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can "cloak" an ...

The iconic Harry Potter invisibility cloak has been brought to life by a group of scientists who have unlocked a ground-breaking new level of optical technology. According to several reports and the ...