Harry Potter has nothing on the researchers at Duke University , who say they’re getting close to developing an actual invisibility cloak . While the fictional wizard uses his cloak to roam the halls ...

Sci-fi concepts have moved closer to reality in a Duke University lab. A team led by scientists at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering have laid claim to demonstrating the first working “invisibility ...

Scientists at Duke University have created the first invisibility cloak that perfectly hides centimeter-scale objects. While invisibility cloaks have been created before, they have all reflected some ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Using a new design theory, researchers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Imperial College London have developed the blueprint for an invisibility cloak. Once devised, ...

Duke University has built the first 3D omnidirectional acoustic invisibility cloak. The cloaking device, which takes the form of a pyramid of perforated plastic, is hidden from sound waves striking it ...

DURHAM, N.C. — A team led by scientists at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering has demonstrated the first working “invisibility cloak.” The cloak deflects microwave beams so they flow around ...

Harry Potter fans, rejoice. A cloak of invisibility, like the one featured in the movies, is now a reality -- on a much smaller scale at least. Inventors have been working toward this for a while now, ...

Engineers at Duke University, North Carolina, have used 3D printing to create an object that can shield against detection from microwave beams. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

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It might not seem like much compared with Harry Potter’s magic garment, but the first functional invisibility cloak has emerged from a North Carolina laboratory. The disk of concentric ...