The phenom known as wizard Harry Potter may be coming to the end of its book and movie run, but one special effect from the series could become reality in a future theater of war. "Cloak of ...

Chinese researchers have moved a long-running science fiction fantasy into the realm of working hardware, unveiling a prototype cloak that can make a person effectively vanish from view. Instead of ...

The Predator franchise has spawned five movies — including the upcoming prequel film, Prey — and two crossover flicks pitting the titular predator against alien xenomorphs, not to mention countless ...

This illustration shows the structure of a new device created by Purdue University researchers to overcome a fundamental obstacle in using new metamaterials for radical advances in optical ...

Key Points and Summary - That dramatic “smoke” around the F-22 isn’t a sci-fi cloaking device—it’s a vapor cone. -During high-G or near-transonic maneuvers in humid air, pressure drops cause moisture ...

Leafhoppers (left) are a common backyard insect that secrete amazingly complex nanoparticles called brochosomes (right).Lin Wang and Tak-Sing Wong Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete ...

Jan. 7, 2012— -- Forget wrapping an object – say, Harry Potter – in a cloak of invisibility. How about hiding an event using time? What may be a distant dream for this year's Indianapolis Colts ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new light-bending material has brought scientists one step closer to creating a cloaking device that could hide objects from sight. Beyond possible military applications, it also ...

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Network administrators worried about the security hole Skype represents have a new headache today: Just-released Skype 3.0 includes new cloaking technology that makes it harder to detect than ever. So ...