A Chinese scientist’s viral demonstration shows how simple optics can make body parts vanish, sparking global debate over ...

Chinese physicists have created an illusory, ghosting invisibility cloak -- a cloak that changes the appearance of an object so that it looks like something else. In theory, you could cover a soldier ...

Much has been made in recent years of breakthroughs in creating “invisibility cloaks” along the lines of those dreamed up by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Now comes word out of China that ...

Chinese researchers have succeeded in using a highly novel approach to craft a Teflon-based invisibility cloak in just 15 minutes. The process, called topology optimization, uses computer software to ...

In my opinion, invisibility is no longer a science fiction concept.” A B-2 stealth bomber takes off from Nellis Air Force ...

Harry Potter’s iconic “Invisibility Cloak” could perhaps be within our sight. Chinese scientists have devised a camouflage material that adjusts its molecular composition to blend into the background, ...

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’ ...