Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as "Star ...

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Physicists at the University of Rochester have created an incredibly versatile cloaking device, which hides things from view. But more importantly, you can make this crazy concealing device at home ...

Physicists have figured out the optical parameters for a magic trick they characterize as a kind of "invisibility cloak" — and unlike most magicians, they're only too willing to show you how it's done ...

When it comes to invisibility cloaks, one of the trickiest problems is how to make the things. The materials of choice are known as metamaterials which are created by assembling a repeating pattern of ...

INVISIBILITY is a well-worn narrative device – one that has, you might say, made many appearances in fiction. Plato wondered if the mythical Ring of Gyges, which made its wearer disappear, would ...