Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a way to change the properties of almost any metal to render it, literally, black. The process, using an incredibly intense burst of laser ...

U.S. scientists have created a way to change the surfaceproperties of most metals to render them pitch-black ... would happen to a metal's properties under different laser conditions and we ...

The team says that its femtosecond laser treatment could boost the efficiency of space telescopes and light meters among other applications. To create so-called 'black metal', the researchers use ...