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Invisibility Cloak Takes 'Big Step Forward'

'Carpet' technique bends and flattens light around objects

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2009 7:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two teams of researchers say they're getting close to making a perfect invisibility cloak a reality, the BBC reports. The scientists—using a silicon-based material that eliminates the flaws of earlier, metal-based efforts—successfully made objects invisible at optical wavelengths by bending light around them...   Read full story »

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