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 ...

The baseball player John Francis Daley once famously said, "You can't hit what you can't see." While this was meant to explain why he missed a critical pitch during a 1912 game, it's also relevant on ...

In the early 2000s, two methods for a potential invisibility cloak were discovered by physicists in the United Kingdom and the United States who said that the technology necessary to create these ...

John Pendry’s kitchen is dominated by a huge photograph of what looks like the view through a kaleidoscope: dizzying shards of purple, green, yellow and white. Given that Pendry is famous above all ...

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Humans have long been fascinated by invisibility, but practical cloaks today mainly evade radar, not human eyes. New research shows 3D-printed metasurfaces can form flexible invisibility cloaks that ...

“In my opinion, invisibility is no longer a science fiction concept.” A B-2 stealth bomber takes off from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to using anti-reflective paint to ...

Twenty years ago, a Duke University professor, David R. Smith, used artificial composite materials called “metamaterials” to make a real-life invisibility cloak. While this cloak didn’t really work ...

Hospitals, power grids, aerospace systems, and scientific laboratories all host extremely sensitive technologies that allow the facilities to do what they need to do—as long as no pesky, unwanted ...

One protective garment has become essential for Russian assault troops: not armor, but the thermal poncho or ‘invisibility cloak’ which provides concealment from infrared imaging. It is quite ...