"Looking Cool" with an Infrared Invisibility Cloak

Who among us hasn't dreamed of owning an invisibility cloak? Now, a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks they have one figured out. There's a catch, though: It only works for infrared light. Although infrared is already invisible to human eyes, it's extremely useful in security and defense, making this an exciting development.All objects possess some amount of thermal energy, a property of the particles they're made of. As these particles shuffle around and vibrate because of their...