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 ...

Some entrepreneurs come to "Shark Tank" looking to do more than just make money — companies like the anti-bullying app ReThink are also there to make a statement. During Season 3, Episode 2, ...

A brief visual target stimulus may be rendered invisible if it is immediately preceded or followed by another stimulus. This class of illusions, known as visual masking, may allow insights into the ...

Invisibility is one of the staple spells in the fantasy realms, and Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), is no different. Over the many editions of the rules, the spell has seen some major changes, but now ...

Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff of science fiction: two researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have demonstrated an effective invisibility ...

The Cloak of Invisibility, one of the three Deathly Hallows, would be a very handy thing to have in real life. But if there was truly only one, who would have it? Who would inherit it and how? What is ...

Abstract: Searching for an optimal solution among many nonunique answers provided by transformation optics is critical for many branches of research, such as the burgeoning research on invisibility ...

Invisibility is one of those awesome superpowers that we all wish we could have. Well, the characters from this list don’t have to wish upon it – they already have it. Some of them use equipment, some ...

If young Harry and friends had not cruised around Hogwarts unseen, hidden by an “invisibility cloak,” much of the hype surrounding metamaterials might itself never have seen the light of day. But when ...