UFO truthers don’t typically hold a lot of credibility within the research community, but today the Defense Department is acknowledging at least one such group could have some serious contributions to ...

H. G. Wells's "The Invisible Man" brought the idea of invisibility to the mainstream over a century ago. Not long after, the fascination with invisibility became a hot trope in fantasy and sci-fi ...

A team of Korean researchers seems to have cracked the code for rudimentary "cloaking," or active camouflage tech that can automatically blend into its surroundings in real-time. It's a significant ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a strange new nanocrystal material that can switch between gel and liquid states in response to temperature or other triggers. This ...

Stealth isn’t just about radar-absorbing shapes and coatings. Modern aircraft hide in other ways—by reducing heat signatures, muffling sound, and even experimenting with active camouflage and plasma ...

What can the military learn from an octopus? More effective camouflage techniques. The octopus is a cephalopod, a class of marine animals that can change color quickly and its concealment method has ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. UFO truthers don’t typically hold a lot of credibility within the research community, but today the Defense Department is acknowledging ...

image: Cephalopods' exceptional ability to hide into any background has inspired researchers to replicate their fascinating ability to camouflage in the infrared (IR) and visible spectrum. Recent ...

British company Plextek Consulting wants to make drones impossible for their targets to spot. And rather than having to choose between camouflage patterns optimized for rocky desert terrain or for ...