Yawn, this one again. Yes, it would be pretty cool, but we’ve heard about breakthroughs in the science needed for manufacturing cloaking/invisiblity devices too many times before. Plus, this National Geographic write-up says they’ve actually only managed to divert microwaves and radar, not visible light, so don’t get too excited.

The ESA’s ‘SMART-1’ Lunar probe has been taking high quality pictures of the Moon’s surface, showing us the topography of the different regions in more detail.

One thing’s for sure – burning hydrocarbons has to be done away with, and soon. The race is on to find new energy sources for our multitudinous needs. One of these potential solutions is to use bacteria in fuel cells. After all, they can produce energy from a wide range of materials, such as glucose and sewage, and the growing field of synthetic biology could engineer new bugs that output enough power to be commercially useful.

An article at Nature.com caused a stir, citing research by Italian researcher Nicola Pugno as proof the space elevator is an un-buildable concept, at least with current technologies. The pro-elevator lobby have come out in force to react to and refute the study; Ted Semon’s Space Elevator Blog rounds up the responses.

It’s a landmark day for the high-energy physics people. The formal go-ahead for the construction of the ITER experimental fusion tokomak plant has been signed off by the contributing nations, and construction will start soon in southern France. Why they aren’t spending the 10 billion euros on making the alternative energy sources we already have work more efficiently is anyone’s guess.