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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We humans like to think we’re so clever, but in many cases nature has beaten us to the punch with a better version. The newest example comes from a humble insect that’s probably in your own backyard, ...

For most of us, high-speed image capture, say 120 or 240 frames per second, is enough to get a good look at stuff happening in the blink of an eye -- like a water droplet hitting the ground or a ...

If you were given an invisibility cloak, what would you do with it? Harry Potter definitely wore the piece well as he used it to camouflage himself when he snuck off to Hogsmeade Village or hid from ...