None more black
A new technique for generating really light-absorbing black tints is advancing telescope manufacture.Researchers have created the blackest black ever made on Earth, by bubbling a shiny metal plate in nitric acid for a few seconds.Link Discuss (Thanks, Ernie!)This new super-black coating produced by Richard Brown and his colleagues at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington is designed to revolutionise the manufacture of optical instruments.
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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