In laboratories from Brazil to Munich, researchers are learning to grab matter with sound alone, sculpting ultrasonic waves ...

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 ...

In the Harry Potter stories, an invisibility cloak can hide a person even while they walk, bend, or run. In the real world, scientists have long dreamed of creating something similar—materials that ...

Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete brochosomes: rare nanoparticles with invisibility properties. But for the first time, a group of scientists has created their own synthetic brochosomes.

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.

Though desktop 3D printers are a relatively new method of manufacturing, you might argue that they're already at a plateau. You can print cute figurines, teacups that might have a leak, and sometimes ...

In a recent development, a research team from multiple institutions in China has proposed a novel concept of a thermal dome that could significantly advance the field of thermal invisibility ...

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 ...