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...thought brown was the proverbial new black, think again. Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in Britain have developed a nickel-phosphorus compound called NPL Super Black that absorbs 99.65% of visible light. Black paint absorbs only about 97.5% of visible light--positively shiny by comparison. Not just cool, the new black is useful too. Precision optical instruments depend on eliminating any and all stray reflected light to get their readings. The blacker the black, the less reflected light, the better the data. That makes NPL Super Black a pretty bright idea...
Even after putting up 55 points in the second half and outscoring Herzogenburg 42-16 in the paint, the Crimson players still were not satisfied with their performance...
...paint on a larger canvass” after finishing the term as a leader, rather than being bogged down in domestic issues, Shipley said. “There’s nothing so distasteful as an ‘ex’ chirping [about domestic issues...
Beyond the players, it’s not fair to the fans. To a lot of us college football is life. We’ve followed our favorite teams for years. We’ve seen the screaming fans in the stadium, with their faces painted and their chests marked, holding that sole index finger in the air—the universal sign of being No. 1. But at Harvard, in the Ivy League, something’s missing. We show up from time to time to hallowed Harvard Stadium, encouraging our team with raised voice, cautiously applying our facial...
Harvard trailed 68-66 with eight seconds left in regulation when sophomore guard Michael Beal drove the length of the court and finished with a finger roll in the paint to force overtime...