So, Vantablack is pretty susceptible to damage, which is why it can’t yet be applied to unprotected surfaces like cars or high-end gowns—one brush of a hand and the material would lose its ...

Anish Kapoor has a monopoly on Vantablack, the world's blackest black, but he can't use Stuart Semple's cheaper alternative, Black 2.0.

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.

For $75,000, you can now buy a H. Moser & Cie timepiece whose face is covered in this black coating known as “Vantablack.” Each watch dial was shipped to the British company Surrey Nanosystems ...

It's not a paint or a pigment. It's not even really black. But the "material" known as Vantablack is causing a stir after renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor bought exclusive rights to use it in art.

“The Vantablack X6 is the first project we had using this material, but we are thinking of other applications than coating a car (which is more a test or a show car purpose),” they say.

When Surrey NanoSystems introduced the original Vantablack, the company said the carbon nanotube material is capable of absorbing 99.96 percent of light that touches it. It's so dark, it can fool ...

Forget the new black. This is the real black. A British nanotech company has created what it says is the world’s darkest material. It is so dark the human eye can’t discern its shape and form ...

Sometimes, regular black just isn't good enough. That's why Surrey NanoSystems released its Vantablack coating two years ago. Now, in order to expand its possible applications, the material is ...

It doesn't get much darker than Vantablack, a special coating material that'll make you think you're staring into the heart of a black hole. Now it's available to coat all sorts of things.