Invisibility Uncloaked

In the race to make things disappear, scientists gain ground on science fiction

Ulf Leonhardt is riding high these days, with a new award from the Royal Society of Great Britain to further develop his ideas on how to make things in plain sight disappear.

INVISIBILITY UNCLOAKED Cloaking devices would steer light or other electromagnetic waves around them like water around a stone in a smooth stream, leaving nary a ripple of difference in the flow.