Scientists create material so black that eyes cannot see it
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By Descrier Staff on July 14, 2014 Science
British scientists have created a “new black” material that absorbs all but 0.035 percent of visual light, making it so dark that human eyes struggle to comprehend its existence.
Made from carbon nanotubes, “Vantablack” absorbs so much light that to the human brain, seeing the material appears like looking into a black hole, with shapes, contours, and perspective all lost.
Launched at the Farnborough International Air Show, the material is not just unusually dark but also conducts heat more than seven times better than copper and is ten times stronger than steel.
Vantablack has applications in astronomical cameras, telescopes, and infrared imaging systems, and its manufacturer, Surrey Nanosystems,
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