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New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies
Oct 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology ...
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Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Using invisibility to increase visibility
Nov 27, 2008 |
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Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing ...
An Invisible Cloak for Magnetism
Mar 31, 2008 |
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The subject of metamaterials is mad science at its finest – researchers trying to create materials with properties that don’t exist in nature, and that cannot be made with ordinary atoms.
Invisibility undone: Chinese scientists demonstrate how to uncloak an invisible object
Sep 03, 2008 |
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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 ...
New 'broadband' cloaking technology simple to manufacture
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects ...
Research continues on secure, mobile, quantum communications
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Researcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater.
Invisibility Cloak Blurs Line Between Magic and Science (w/Video)
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously noted the similarities between advanced technology and magic. This summer on the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter will once ...
Researcher Investigates the Basis of Einstein's First Approximation in the Theory of Relativity
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In his discussion of accelerated motion on page 60 of The Meaning of Relativity, Albert Einstein made an approximation that allowed him to develop the theory of relativity further. Einstein apparently never ...
World's fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultra-fast camera that can take 1,500 finely exposed images per second even when observing extremely ...
The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(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?
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