Bruce Kramer

The World

Real-life invisibility cloak shows the promise of ‘nanomanufacturing’

This week, the media reported on scientists developing materials they say could create a kind of invisibility cloak. The research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. It’s just one example of ‘nanomanufacturing,’ which the NSF sees as a way to give the United States an edge as industrial manufacturing wanes.

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