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The darkest fabric ever made is now a dress

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A bird's ultrablack feathers inspired this versatile material. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. There is black, and then there is The shade defined as a black that reflects less than 0.5 percent of the light that hits it, is used on everything from telescopes to cameras. This uniquely dark color is not easy to produce and may appear less black when it is viewed at an angle. To find a better way to reproduce this cool color, a team at Cornell University looked to nature.

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