Science Daily: In which Those Who Wonder About the Universe bring us ever closer to science-fiction and fantasy!In the research paper, the researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Fudan University in Shanghai describe the concept of a "a gateway that can block electromagnetic waves but that allows the passage of other entities" like a "'hidden portal' as mentioned in fictions."
The fact that this comes out of a scientific article and not some video game manual freaks me out to no end (in a titillatingly good way):
The gateway, which is now much closer to reality, uses transformation optics and an amplified scattering effect from an arrangement of ferrite materials called single-crystal yttrium-iron-garnet that force light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation in complicated directions to create a hidden portal.
WUT??? They stole that line straight from Star Trek. We're going to be attacked by species 8472, aren't we.
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