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Invisibility umbrella makes objects disappear

FEB 17, 2009
Physics Today
Science : Two years ago, physicists blurred the distinction between science and fiction by producing a shell-like “invisibility cloak” that made both itself and an object inside it undetectable-- albeit when viewed with microwaves of a specific frequency. Now, a team from Hong Kong has gone one better with a theoretical scheme for an “invisibility umbrella” that can make both itself and an object placed beside it disappear
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