1 day ago · Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface. To make something …

21 hours ago · Inspired by the feathers of a bird species whose plumage absorbs nearly all light, researchers at Cornell University have created a fabric that does the same. Their new material …

5 days ago · These features were made to mimic the light-trapping capabilities found on the riflebird’s ultrablack feathers, which absorb most of the light that hits them. The researchers’ …

1 day ago · alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that …

4 days ago · This combination of pigment barbules means that the feathers absorb nearly all the light that hits it, making the bird look extraordinarily black.

Cornell scientists have created an ultra-black fabric that absorbs 99.87% of light using polydopamine and nanofibrils. Inspired by the riflebird, it could transform fashion, solar tech, …

1 day ago · Scientists of Cornell University have created the blackest textile material ever produced, that absorbs 99.87% of light and reflects only 0.13% This level brings the material …