a darker shade of black
2008-Jan-14, Monday 08:13 pmA scientist at Rice University in Houston has "created a carpet of carbon nanotubes that reflects 0.045 percent light, making it 100 times darker than a black-painted Corvette". The article doesn't mention if they're submitting their discovery for publication in a peer reviewed journal. They are, however, submitting it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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