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Nanotubes Form The Darkest Material Yet Created

Posted by samzenpus on from the none-more-black dept.

toxcspdrmn writes "Bad news for Spinal Tap fans. The BBC reports that researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, have produced the darkest known material by manufacturing "forests" of carbon nanotubes. This forms a surface that absorbs or scatters 99.9% of all incidental light."

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  1. Re:microscope video capture nanotube forming netwo by nautsch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    parent links to myminicity

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  2. Re:The new macbook is all about being seen.... by necro81 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you made the case all black, the Apple logo on the back of the screen would shine all the brighter.