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Seismic Invisibility Cloak Could Hide Buildings From Earthquakes

Engineering a precise series of ring-shaped shields to deflect earthquakes around a building

Disaster film director Roland Emmerich must be quaking in his boots knowing that his movies may soon have to be a little less destructive. With the invention of an "invisibility cloak" for buildings, earthquake damage could be significantly minimized. Using a series of concentric rings in the foundation of a building, this "cloak" directs seismic waves around a building, rather than destructively against and through it.

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