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Invisibility undone: Chinese scientists demonstrate how to uncloak an invisible object

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (47) | comments 0

Harry Potter beware! A team of Chinese scientists has developed a way to unmask your invisibility cloak. According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, certai ...


Cash register receipts a new BPA concern

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

If you read environmental news on a regular basis then you know that consumers are in an uproar about the revelation that SIGG water bottles contain bisphenol-A (BPA), despite the company's previous BPA-free advertisements. ...


Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics

Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (13) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction and fantasy tales are full of the ability to "cloak" characters with invisibility. Whether it is a spaceship with a cloaking device, or a young wizard with an invisibility ...


The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye

The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years scientists have explored the impossible by developing invisibility or 'cloaking' devices, but can the same technology also help make things more visible?


Looking vs. Seeing

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The superior colliculus has long been thought of as a rapid orienting center of the brain that allows the eyes and head to turn swiftly either toward or away from the sights and sounds in our environment. Now a team of scientists ...


Professor working on practical cloaking device (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist at the University of St Andrews hopes to make major advances in the 'tantalising' field of invisibility in the next two years. Professor Ulf Leonhardt, who cites the Invisible Woman and Harry ...


When 'superstar' scientists die

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When "superstar" academic scientists die, their collaborators experience a significant and permanent decline in productivity, according to a recent paper coauthored by MIT Sloan School of Management Professor ...