Move over Harry Potter — ‘cloaks of invisibility’ could soon be within reach of mere mortals - Once the stuff of pure fantasy ...

Invisibility cloaks sound like pure fiction, straight out of fantasy books and superhero films. (We all remember Harry Potter’s!) However, science has actually been poking at the idea for years, and ...

Even though prototypes have been demonstrated and metamaterial research has been going on in some capacity for 40 years, widespread availability of invisibility technology is still some time down the ...

Healthcare technology has made significant advances in recent decades, including with innovations such as electronic health records (EHRs), wearable sensors, genetic testing and virtual care/remote ...

The urge to become invisible goes back a long way. Hunters and soldiers have been finding ways to camouflage themselves for centuries, but scientists are edging closer to truly making things invisible ...

Texas scientists create "mirage effect" in lab. Oct. 5, 2011 — -- It's hard to write about the experiment done at the University of Texas at Dallas without invoking Harry Potter and his ...

Discovered: Wizard-like scientists make objects invisible; death is close when chromosome tips are worn down; pregnant women who contract flus are more likely to have autistic babies; prosthetic skin ...

Let's get one thing straight: scientists have not invented an invisibility cloak. Nor have they developed an invisibility ring, a car with an invisibility button, or a pill that makes pigs invisible.