'Electromagnetic Wormhole' Possible with Invisibility Technology

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One of the views through the quotwormhole.quot Different lengths result in different bending of light. Credit: University of Rochester
One of the views through the "wormhole." Different lengths result in different bending of light. Credit: University of Rochester

The team of mathematicians that first created the mathematics behind the "invisibility cloak" announced by physicists last October has now shown that the same technology could be used to generate an "electromagnetic wormhole."


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