Last October saw a major breakthrough in an area of research that, until very recently, was squarely in the realm of science fiction—cloaking technology. An article published in Science by a team of ...

Cloaking devices and metamaterials are hot topics in the realm of science where optics blurs into materials science. By crafting materials that can interact with specific wavelengths of light, ...

A team led by Prof. Dexin Ye and Prof. Hongsheng Chen from Zhejiang University, and Prof. Yu Luo from Nanyang Technological University conducted research on the practical implementation of ...

The concept of an invisibility cloak sounds like pure science fiction, but hiding something from view is theoretically possible, and in some very-controlled cases it's experimentally possible too. Now ...

Hear me out: Yesterday, a group of scientists based at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab published an article about their cloaking device in Science. It's another metamaterial-based ...

A strange new material has taken scientists one-step closer to a Star Trek-styled cloaking device. The new substance is a "metamaterial" that negatively refracts light. Metamaterials with this ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Today, research into active-camouflage and visual or infrared-cloaking technology continues apace, periodically resulting in press releases on infrared-cloaked tanks ...

Key Point: Some things are better left as science fiction. Cloaking devices are a staple of science fiction. But while a Klingon Bird-of-Prey materializing out of thin air makes for fun special ...

From cloaking devices that conceal spaceships, to Harry Potter’s hand-me-down disappearing blanket, or even the One Ring and its power to conceal its wearer, invisibility is a staple in science ...

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Fans of The Finals are calling for changes to the Light Build's cloaking skill, which many feel is too powerful with limited counters. One player posted a short video showing them getting shot by ...

Cloaking devices are moving farther away from science fiction like Star Trek and closer to reality. Researchers at Penn State University created an underwater ground cloak capable of redirecting sound ...