Magnetic invisibility sounds simple in theory. Place the right materials around an object and magnetic fields flow around it as if nothing were there. Reality has been far messier. For nearly two ...

Invisibility cloaks sound like pure fiction, straight out of fantasy books and superhero films. (We all remember Harry Potter’s!) However, science has actually been poking at the idea for years, and ...

The fictional world of Harry Potter has inspired everything from film adaptations to criticisms of promotion of the occult but it may have sparked the imaginations of scientists who are working on a ...