Star Wars is science fiction, but deflector shields like the ones in the films might be possible with today's technology. There are still a few kinks to work out, but a group of physics students ...

Invisibility cloaks and deflector shields, once a staple of popular science-fiction, are now the real deal, researchers say. But whose tech will someday shield U.S. ships?

The plasma-filled shield would offer protection from harmful particles British scientists are planning to see whether a Star Trek-style deflector shield could be built to protect astronauts from ...

In Star Trek, a deflector shield surrounded the Starship Enterprise, and radiation bounced off it. Now tests show it's possible to create a real deflector shield that would have the same effect.

A Star Trek style deflector shield that could protect deep-space astronauts, such as the much-discussed manned mission to Mars, from cancer-causing levels of radiation is in testing, researchers ...

Scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK are working on a Star Trek-like deflector shield to enable the transport of humans between planets and stars without subjecting them to ...