'Darkest ever' material created

[muriel_volestrangler]

The "darkest ever" substance known to science has been made in a US laboratory.

The material was created from carbon nanotubes - sheets of carbon just one atom thick rolled up into cylinders.

Researchers say it is the closest thing yet to the ideal black material, which absorbs light perfectly at all angles and over all wavelengths.

The discovery is expected to have applications in the fields of electronics and solar energy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7190107.stm

[Xipe Totec]

1. So, they finally cloned Cheney?

God save us.

[silverweb]

2. Very interesting.

Maybe this is a way to put some of that excess carbon that's causing so many problems to good, clean, productive use?

[krispos42]

3. Related news: Cheney's soul jealous

Seeks war with Iran in bid to reclaim top spot

[tridim]

4. Wrap a container of water with this stuff, put it on your roof and enjoy

free heat and hot water. I wish I had some money to invest in nanotech.

[xchrom]

5. set it next to a void and you'll have bush/cheney.

[Uben]

6. I was amazed....

...by a documentary on the "Race to Absolute Zero" I saw last night. Science has achieved a Bose-Einstein Condensate, a new form of matter, achieved at just a hair above absolute zero (zero degrees on Kelvin scale).

It can absorb light, slow it down from 186,000 mps to the speed of a bicycle, then release it!

[leveymg]

7. As usual, this is your money at work at DARPA. More stealthy stuff.

Can you make Bush disappear, please?

[Nihil]

8. The problem they've got ...

... is to stop the damn samples overheating before they find a buyer ...

[skepticscott]

9. In other words....

none more black

[phantom power]

10. It's the wild colour scheme that freaks me

Every time you try to operate on of these weird black controls that are labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done it.

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book2.html

[FiveGoodMen]

11. "Please don't push this button again."

[Swamp Rat]

12. This material will make objects invisible to many remote sensors.

Zero reflectance. Hmm... I bet it is already being used.