1 day ago · While the fabric isn't the blackest material humans have ever created, it comes close. The startling Vantablack is said to absorb up to 99.96 percent of all light that hits it, while an …

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Dec 01, 2025 Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever mad Ultrablack reflects less than 0.5% of light and is useful for cameras, solar panels, and telescopes but is hard to …