Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...

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 ...

The Royal Marines are trialling "Harry Potter invisibility cloaks" as they seek to develop an ability to evade thermal imaging technology. The use of thermal imagery to target enemy forces has ...

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 ...

Are physics – not magic — the key to a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak? New research indicates yes. A recent study by researchers from Imperial College London involves a new class of space-aged ...

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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 previous attempts. Now, it works with a ...

European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak," a study published ...

Christmas is a really important time for many people, not just in real life, but also in fiction. In Harry Potter, for example, it’s even more important, since a scene on December 25th lays the ...

It's slowly happening - the magical world and the Muggle world are finally merging, and it's amazing. Ever since JK Rowling wowed readers with all things Harry Potter, scientists have been desperately ...