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None more black

Engineers make the most anti-reflective coating yet.

Shiny metal objects have been reduced to a dull, record-breaking black by a super anti-reflective coating. As Nigel Tufnel from This is Spinal Tap says in the film: "It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

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Posted by Nicola Jones on March 01, 2007
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