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.

Wood is already a pretty fantastic material, and it’s hard to imagine mankind getting to the point we are today without it, but it has some pretty serious drawbacks depending on the application.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia leveraged an unusual discovery into ultra-black material ... to the wood itself that causes it to swallow up at least 99% of incoming light.