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Tag Archives: Invisibility
Sound cloak
New device hides objects from sonar
Posted in Physics, Technology & Engineering
Tagged acoustics, cloak, echo, getinvolved, Invisibility, José Sánchez-Dehesa, noise cancellation, noise cancelling, sonar, sound waves, submarines, topstories
Quake, quake, go away
French engineers report success in the first test of an underground seismic shield
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged cloaking, Duke University, earthquake, electromagnetic radiation, engineering, getinvolved, Grenoble, Imperial College London, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, John Pendry, light, light waves, Marseille, metamaterials, microwaves, Sébastien Guenneau, seismic waves, shields, topstories
Ahead of the wave
Scientists are working to predict — and tame — the tsunamis that can threaten some coastal communities
Posted in Earth
Tagged Dailin Wang, David Mencin, earth science, earthquakes, engineering, feature, forces, France, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Indonesia, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, Japan, Marseille, motion, oceanography, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Sébastien Guenneau, seiche, seismometers, strainmeters, tectonic plates, topstories, tsunami, waves and radiation, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park
The science of disappearing
Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged electron configuration and light, electrons, Invisibility, Lenses, light, radiation, waves/radiation
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