a darker shade of black

[mellowtigger]

A 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.

*sigh*