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Our Work in the News

A selection of links to news reports related to our research.

 From The Today Show on NBC (October 23, 2006)
On October 23, 2006, our work on cloaking was covered on The Today Show, in a report by Michelle Kosinski. Featured are Professor David Smith, Professor Steve Cummer, Dr. David Schurig and Bryan Justice. Michelle Kosinski narrated the segment, and with a bit of help from video editing 'vanishes' at the conclusion of the segment!
 Press Coverage of Our Work
 Science and popular science journals
June-2007

Recent Advances in Cloaking
Optics and Photonics News 32 (June, 2007)

 

Jan-2007

Invisibilite: Des metamateriax font de ce reve une realite
Science et Vie 1072, 84 (2007)

 

Jan-2007

1 An de Science: L'invisibilitie pour tous
La Recherche, p36 (January, 2007)

 

Jan-2007

The Top 100 Science Stories of 2006
Discover Magazine (January, 2007)

 

22-Dec-2006

Breakthrough of the Year: The Runners-Up
Science Magazine 314, 1850 (2006)

 

Dec-2006

Technology Review 2006: The exotic and the everyday spur innovation
Laser Focus World (December, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

Vanishing Act
BBC Focus
171, 15 (2006)

 

Nov-2006

How to build an invisibility cloak
Discover Magazine, p55 (November, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

Not seeing is believing
Materials Today 9, 9 (December, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

The Scientific American 50
Scientific American 295, 49 (2006)

 

20-Oct-2006

Invisibility cloak unveiled
Marie Theresa Bray, Cosmos

 

19-Oct-2006

Invisibility cloak sees light of day
JR Minkel, Scientific American

 

19-Oct-2006

First invsibility cloak tested successfully, scientists say
Sean Markey, National Geographic News

 

19-Oct-2006

Vanishing Actor: Physicists unveil first invisibility cloak
Peter Weiss, Science News Online

 

19-Oct-2006

Working invisibility cloak created at last
Justin Mullins, New Scientist Tech

 

Sep-2006

The first invisibility shield
Justin Mullins, Popular Science

 

26-May-2006

Cloaking breakthrough
Duncan Graham-Rowe, MIT Technology Review

 

 Television interviews and coverage
18-Feb-2006

Star Trek Tech
Modern Marvels, The History Channel
David Smith, David Schurig and Steve Cummer interviewed

 

23-Oct-2006

See-Through Science: A Real Cloak of Invisibility
The Today Show, NBC
David Smith, David Schurig and Steve Cummer interviewed
A link to the video can be found from the Duke website.

 

21-Oct-2006

Cloak of Invisibility
Fox News Live
David Schurig interviewed
See video on YouTube

 

19-Oct-2006

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann and Derrick Pitts discuss invisibility
Read transcript here

 

 Radio interviews and coverage
6-Dec-2006

Invisibility Cloaks
BBC Radio Science: Frontiers
Peter Evans, host
Alexandra Feachem, producer

 

19-Oct-2006

It's Elemental!
Are We Alone? The SETI Institute's Weekly Science Radio Program
Dr. Seth Shostak, host
Molly Bently, producer

 

20-Oct-2006

Duke university scientists create invsibility cloak
Voice of America Radio
Report by Art Chimes

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists make progress on invisibility device
National Public Radio
Report by Christopher Joyce

 

 Newspaper interviews and coverage
12-Jun-2006

Light Fantastic
Kenneth Chang, Science Times, New York Times (Cover Story)

 

23-Oct-2006

'Invisible' to microwaves
Marc Kaufman, Washington Post

 

20-Oct-2006

Now you see him... scientists take step closer to making invisible cloak a reality
Ian Sample, The Guardian

 

19-Oct-2006

Experts create invisibility cloak
Paul Rincon, BBC News

 

19-Oct-2006

A real invisibility cloak? Wizard!
Lewis Smith, London Times Online

 

19-Oct-2006

Researchers get 'cloak of invisibility' to work, sort of
Ker Than, Fox News/Live Science

 

20-Oct-2006

Duke scientists demonstrate cloaking device
Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists take step toward invisibility
John Schwarz, New York Times

 

20-Oct-2006

Disappear into thin air? Scientists take step toward invisibility
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists take 'cloak of invisibility' to the next step
Laurie Sullivan, TechWeb News

 

19-Oct-2006

Cloaking device works, sort of, scientists say
Maggie Fox, Reuters

 

19-Oct-2006

Duke takes wraps off cloaking device
R. Colin Johnson, EE Times

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists develop cloaking device
United Press International

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists create cloak of invisibility
Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press
(reprinted in over 500 newspapers and magazines)

 

20-Oct-2006

'Invisibility cloak' a step closer
Catherine Clabby, News and Observer

 

20-Oct-2006

Now you see it... Invisibility cloak could become a reality
Dan Vergano, USA Today
(front page story. PDF version.)

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists create 'invisibility' cloak that bends microwaves
CBC News (Canada)

 

29-May-2006

Scientists shed new light on invisibility
Gareth Cook, The Boston Globe

 

25-May-2006

Here's how to make an invisibility cloak
Alan Boyle, MSNBC

 

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