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Wed 08 Aug 2008Secrets of creating invisibility 'cloak' come to light
US:Invisibility shields have been brought a step closer to reality, writes John Johnsonin Los Angeles
LONG THE stuff of fantasy, invisibility shields with practical uses have been brought a step closer to reality by researchers who say they have engineered materials that can hide an object by bending ordinary light like balloon animals at a circus.
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