Let's hope Star Fleet perfects the technology before the Romulans get their hands on it. Scientists have made the impossible possible, disappearing a cylinder by guiding light around it before putting ...

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 ...

A device called the Rochester Cloak uses an array of lenses to bend light, effectively rendering what is on the other side invisible to the eye. And you can try it for yourself. Michelle Starr Science ...

Scientists have created a thin cloak that can render anything it covers undetectable, and that proves yet again that we're living in the science fiction future. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor ...

WASHINGTON -- They can't match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility. Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can "cloak" an ...

Making something invisible is a big call. You not only have to stop people from seeing the thing itself, you have to make sure they can still see what's behind it — otherwise that big empty gap tends ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Never mind Harry Potter, researchers have made an invisibility cloak of their own. Scientists have taken a major step towards a true invisibility device with the creation of a carpet cloak from ...