Archive: https://archive.today/vyhNV From the post: >>Scientists have created the blackest fabric yet – and it could be adorning your evening wear in a few years. Like an eternal black hole, the fabric absorbs 99.87 per cent of light while reflecting the remaining 0.13 per cent. That makes it officially 'ultra–black' – defined as reflecting less than 0.5 per cent of the light that hits it – or as Spinal Tap might put it, 'none more black'. The scientists, from Cornell University, have used the material to create a black dress, inspired by a bird that has the similarly impressive ability to absorb light.