Exeter, UK - A UK physicist is using foam from inside surfboards to make materials that can manipulate light, creating an "invisibility cloak." The research, by Dr Matt Lockyear of the University of Exeter, involves building properties into materials that bend, or guide, light waves around an object, making it seem invisible. Lockyear discovered that the polyurethane foam used in surfboards was ideal for his experiments.
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