Some scientists seem to take their cues from science fiction or fantasy novels. Physicists in Texas have developed a method to make objects “invisible” within a limited range of light waves ...

Using lenses and meta-materials, science is finding new ways to bend or reroute light. Like Harry Potter's cloak or H.G. Wells' chemical concoction, it could make an object impossible to see.

J.K. Rowling may not have realized just how close Harry Potter's invisibility cloak was to becoming a reality when she introduced it in the first book of her best-selling fictional series in 1998.

ATLANTA (CNN) — The world doesn't have a "Harry Potter"-like invisibility cloak quite yet, but various research teams around the world have been making progress in figuring out how to build one.

Cloaking Device? Invisible Technology One Step Closer Date: May 4, 2007 Source: University of Liverpool Summary: A unique computer model designed by a mathematician has shown that it is possible ...

Your pervy, Harry Potter-fueled dreams are edging closer to reality, now British scientists have used metamaterials to bend light in a different manner to ...

Scientists believe they are one step closer to creating a invisibility cloak after creating two materials that can bend light the wrong way.

May 4, 2007 A computer model designed by a mathematician at the University of Liverpool has shown that it is possible to make objects, such as aeroplanes and submarines, appear invisible at close ...

Invisible gateways like the one to platform 9 and 3/4 in Harry Potter and to Lewis Carroll's hidden world in Through the Looking Glass are a step closer to reality after scientists developed a new ...