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Published online 30 April 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.417
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Leap forward for invisibility cloaks
Silicon 'carpet' masks objects at infrared wavelengths.
Invisibility 'carpets' that conceal objects by making bumps look flat can work under near-infrared light, two teams of physicists have shown. And making a similar device that shields objects in visible light should be relatively straightforward, they say.
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