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Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how creatures hide in nature may make the task trickier than it seems.

US aircraft have airdropped arms to Kurdish forces defending Kobane from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, as Turkey says it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters passage into the Syrian border town.