Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley have successfully developed a material that can bend light, potentially allowing objects to appear invisible to the eye. The research was funded by the U.S. Military and led by Professor Xiang Zhang. Although scientists say it would take further development and research, the artificial light-bending metamaterial could potentially be used to create an "invisibility cloak."
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Research conducted at the University of California at Berkeley
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Team of scientists led by Professor Xiang Zhang
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Research was funded by the U.S. Military
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Metamaterials are artificially engineered materials that can bend light
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The material bends the light in a way that causes the optical illusion of invisibility
