Experiments that give subjects the illusion of having an invisible body could reveal how we respond to the ensuing temptations, says Philip Ball. We have all had those moments of social embarrassment: ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is the closest scientists have come yet to recreating Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. An ultra-thin flexible material has been ...

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 ...

US scientists say they have made a tiny object invisible using an ultra-thin "invisibility skin" and hope to make it work on bigger objects in future. It is the closest scientists have come yet to ...

Harry Potter got up to sorts of mischief when he wore his, while the Klingons used theirs to sneak up on the Starship Enterprise. One day, you too could be the proud owner of a cloak of invisibility, ...

An ultra-thin flexible material has been developed that can wrap around an object and make it vanish. Although the “invisibility skin” has only been tested at microscopic scales, scientists believe it ...

In the movie "Predator," an alien uses a cloaking device to hide in plain sight, but the effect is far from perfect: The alien's attempt to conceal itself is thwarted by distortions of light bending ...

It is the closest scientists have come yet to recreating Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. An ultra-thin flexible material has been developed that can wrap around an object and make it vanish.