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"Becoming Invisible, at least to Microwaves" Published: May 13, 2013 in the Observatory Section, New Yor Times By SINDYA N. BHANOO Using an off-the-shelf 3-D printer, nearly anyone can make an “invisibility cloak” to make objects disappear,...
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Andrew Hiller, A Senior Producer and host of Prism speaks with Dr. Urzhumov regarding his latest publication "Thin low-loss dielectric coatings for free-space cloaking".
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Organizing a conference in a peaceful oasis in the middle of the desert on west of the Dead Sea may seem a little inappropriate or counter-productive. But take hundreds of physics experts and force them to literally live together for an entire week...
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REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2013-- Kymeta (www.kymetacorp.com), the company that designs and commercializes innovative software-enabled metamaterials-based electronic beamforming antennas for satellite communications, today announced...
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Smith group graduate student Alec Rose worked with members of the Nonlinear Physiucs Center, headed by Professor Yuri S. Kivshar, on a joint effort studying metamaterials. His story is below;
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New Release presented by Pratt School of Engineering April 8, 2013 Duke Engineering Student Named a 2013 Goldwater Scholar "Duke engineering junior Kushal Seetharam has been selected as a scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence...
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“An Overview of the Theory and Applications of Metasurfaces: The Two-Dimensional Equivalents of Metamaterials”  published in the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, April 2012 by the IEEE APS Best Papers Awards Committee, Chaired by Prof....
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An exerpt from Nature's "Photonics: Trick of the light " Neil Savage discusses  Antoine Moreau's publication Controlled-reflectance surfaces with film-coupled colloidal nanoantennas (abstract from publication below), doi:10.1038/nature11615 "...
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After a recent visit to Duke University, The Fayetteville Observer (a daily newspaper published in Fayetteville, North Carolina) published an article discussing federaly-funded programs within the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. The...
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In a recent article by Gail Overton of Laser Focus World, the computational imager from Duke Scientists published in Science "Metamaterial Apertures for Computational Imaging" is discussed;   METAMATERIALS: Metamaterial imager eliminates lenses...
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"Using a discrete dipole approximation to predict complete scattering of complicated metamaterials" published last year in New Journal of Physics (NJP) has been selected by the editors of NJP as a part of the exclusive 'Highlights of 2012'...
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Center Director and current Duke Professor, David R. Smith will speak at the University of California San Diego on Wednesday, February 27th for a free public lecture regarding the invisibility cloak. A preview interview with Gary Robbins of the San...
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Kymeta is a company that was recently launched out of Redmond, Washington, developing relatively small antennas that replace satellite dishes so planes and trains can get better broadband service. For a write up from Forbes magazine on Kymeta, click...
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Prachi Patle of the ieee spectrum, inside technology reported on Graduate Student John Hunt's  titled Science publication