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Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak remains the stuff of fiction but scientists in the United Kingdom say they’ve found a different method of making things disappear.
Using lasers and crystals the researchers say they can make tiny objects, nano-structures, disappear for less than a million, millionth of a second.
But with several world government’s including the United States, investing heavily in so-called cloaking devices; legal experts say it’s time to reevaluate existing international laws on armed conflict.
Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from London.
