‘Invisibility Cloak’ To Protect Coastlines

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an ‘invisibility cloak’ that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences. Mathematicians at Liverpool, working with physicists at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille Universite have found that coastal defences could be made ‘invisible’ when water is guided through a special structure called metamaterial.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on October 11th, 2008