There’s a well-known story in Plato’s Republic in which a humble shepherd named Gyges finds a magical gold ring that renders whoever wears it invisible. Gyges proceeds to use his newfound power to ...

New materials that can change the way light and other forms of radiation bend around an object may provide a way to make objects invisible, researchers say. Two separate teams of researchers have come ...

Research into materials science illustrates how an invisibility cloak would actually work—and what the science means for disaster mitigation. In the early 2000s, two methods for a potential ...

This is no magician’s act. British start-up Invisibility Shield Co. has revealed that it has created a 6-foot-tall “Megashield” being sold for $828 — which they claim can make multiple people ...

Throughout history, people have grappled with imagining and defining “invisible” objects — from microscopic organisms to the cosmos and our galaxy. Two new courses, STS 1700F: “Visualizing the ...

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 “Invisibility,” the professor of physics and optical science Gregory J. Gbur examines the past and future of everyone’s favorite plot device. By Nathaniel Rich When you purchase an independently ...

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 ...