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- MIT creates blackest black that is darker than Vantablack https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/09/30/mit-creates-blackest-black-that-is-darker-than-vantablack/ 17 comments
- Black Blacker Than Vantablack https://www.dezeen.com/2019/09/24/blackest-black-mit-material-news-vantablack/ 94 comments
- New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x darker than Vantablack https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b08290 68 comments
- BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/27/bmw-vbx6-vantablack-car-design/ 182 comments
- BMW shows off an X6 in Vantablack, the blackest of blacks https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20836806/bmw-x6-vantablack-black-paint-frankfurt-motor-show 4 comments
- BMW unveils “blackest black” car sprayed with Vantablack https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/27/bmw-vbx6-vantablack-car-design/ 28 comments
- Vantablack, one of the darkest substances known https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack 4 comments
- Anish Kapoor is given exclusive rights to Vantablack, the purest black paint http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3467507/Artists-war-sculptor-given-exclusive-rights-purest-black-paint-used-stealth-jets.html 4 comments
- A new "blackest" material has been discovered, absorbing 99.996% of light that falls on it (over 10 times blacker than Vantablack or anything else ever reported) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b08290# 1571 comments science
- Vantablack BMW X6: The blackest car that's ever existed https://newatlas.com/automotive/bmw-vantablack-x6/ 5 comments technology
- A building is being covered in Vantablack for the 2018 Olympics http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/world/vantablack-blackest-black-material/index.html 5 comments science
- Vantablack is now available in a spray-on form that blocks 99.8 percent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light — enough to make an otherwise detailed 3D object appear as a flat black void. http://www.livescience.com/58561-spray-on-vantablack-coating-is-blackest-material.html 9 comments science
- The Science of Vantablack, the Darkest Material Ever Made. http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/03/the-science-of-vantablack-the-darkest-material-ever-made.html 7 comments science
- If vantablack absorbs so much light you can't see the details of what it covers, is there an amount of light you could shine on it to allow our eyes to see the details? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4rmnw0/if_vantablack_absorbs_so_much_light_you_cant_see/ 7 comments askscience
- The darkest material on Earth, Vantablack, has become even darker. http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/05/vantablack-2/ 48 comments technology
- Surrey NanoSystems declares only one man will have the exclusive right to paint using their Vantablack material, the most light-absorbent (and thus "blackest") material on Earth. Other artists are enraged by what appears to be a continuing trend, the privatization of colors. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2016/feb/29/anish-kapoor-vantablack-paint 3 comments nottheonion
- Surrey NanoSystems declares only one man will have the exclusive right to paint using their Vantablack material, the most light-absorbent (and thus "blackest") material on Earth. Other artists are enraged by what appears to be a continuing trend, the privatization of colors. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2016/feb/29/anish-kapoor-vantablack-paint 5 comments science
- Vantablack: A Material So Dark, You Can't See It http://mentalfloss.com/article/57807/vantablack-material-so-dark-you-cant-see-it 5 comments science
- "Because Vantablack absorbs more than 99.9% of visible light, there is virtually no light to send signals to your eyes". https://m.curiosity.com/memes/vantablack-is-so-dark-you-cant-see-it/?utm_source=facebooksca&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016q1fscalvantablack 16 comments science
- The Darkest Black: Scientists Create 'Vantablack', A Black So Dark It's Difficult To See http://www.disclose.tv/news/the_darkest_black_scientists_create_vantablack_a_black_so_dark_its_difficult_to_see/106011#.u8qtjzzzipu.reddit 3 comments science
- Using nanotubes, researchers have created Vantablack, a new material that is so, so dark that your eyes can’t sense it | British company Surrey NanoSystems has developed a super black coating that absorbs 99.96% percent of visual light, setting a new world record. http://pda.sciencealert.com.au/news/20141407-25870.html 6 comments technology
- Using nanotubes, researchers have created Vantablack, a new material that is so, so dark that your eyes can’t sense it | British company Surrey NanoSystems has developed a super black coating that absorbs 99.96% percent of visual light, setting a new world record. http://pda.sciencealert.com.au/news/20141407-25870.html 7 comments science
- "Made out of carbon nanotubes, the new material, dubbed Vantablack, is so, so dark that the human eye can’t discern its shape and dimension." http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20141407-25870.html 5 comments technology