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IRL (In Real Life) => Enigmas of the Mystical => Topic started by: besilarius on August 26, 2015, 06:12:25 PM

Title: Black is the new black
Post by: besilarius on August 26, 2015, 06:12:25 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blackest-is-the-new-black-scientists-have-developed-a-material-so-dark-that-you-cant-see-it-9602504.html

This should prove very interesting.  Remember the color of the dress?
Title: Re: Black is the new black
Post by: Staggerwing on August 26, 2015, 06:23:36 PM
Quote from: besilarius on August 26, 2015, 06:12:25 PMRemember the color of the dress?

Depends on the girl who was wearing it...
Title: Re: Black is the new black
Post by: LongBlade on August 26, 2015, 09:21:05 PM
Wow. Tough to wrap my brain around that thought.

Can't wait to see it, though.
Title: Re: Black is the new black
Post by: MikeGER on August 27, 2015, 03:41:01 AM
perfrect coating for a better black body radiator :D
(item get used to calibrate sensors of infrared spectrometers of scientifc grade ... for astronmy and athmosperic studies .... a black body radiator get cooled down, and its Planckian radiation is closer to the theory the darker the paint at that wavelengh)
Title: Re: Black is the new black
Post by: JasonPratt on August 27, 2015, 05:45:56 AM
I should think for better superconductors, too? Kind of as a side effect, of course. Though come to think of it, that might help in solar panels.
Title: Re: Black is the new black
Post by: MikeGER on August 27, 2015, 07:23:48 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on August 27, 2015, 05:45:56 AM
I should think for better superconductors, too?
elaboarte on that  ???