Invisibility cloaks are making a splash. Or rather, preventing splashes, perhaps. Although the science fiction idea of an invisibility cloak is a Harry Potter–style device that makes objects invisible ...

Researchers manipulated water waves to move ping pong balls with a level of precision that seems straight out of a sci-fi movie. Reading time 3 minutes Imagine hopping onto a large floatie in a lake ...

In a nutshell: Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have demonstrated the ability to manipulate water waves, allowing them to precisely control objects floating on the ...