Scientists develop a highly efficient material that transforms light and moisture into precise mechanical movements and ...

A new super-black wood-based material has been created that absorbs more than 99 percent of the light that hits it. What's more, the material was discovered almost by accident.

Scientists make transparent materials absorb light Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Journal Optica Funder Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Minobrnauka) (3. ...

"Circular dichroism means the material absorbs left-handed and right-handed circularly polarized light differently, like how screw threads dictate which way something twists," Robinson explained. "We ...

The team’s research is more advanced when it comes to creating hydrogen from the infrared-light absorbing material. It successfully raised the energy conversion efficiency to 3.8 percent in late ...