Scientists have developed a light-reflecting “ultra-white” paint, which they say could negate the need for air conditioning and even reduce carbon emissions, if used on a mass scale. The paint, ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The world’s whitest paint can reflect close to 98 percent of sunlight, cooling outdoor surfaces to ...

Scientists have unveiled a white paint that can reflect the sun’s rays off the Earth’s surface, which could help cool the planet. Dr Xiulin Ruan – a mechanics engineering professor at Purdue ...

Purdue University engineers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for making the world’s whitest paints. Can you increase the reflectivity of paint to keep buildings as cool as possible—and ...

Imagine a future where houses are painted with a specific paint that reflects virtually all of the sunlight, keeping your house cooler and thus requiring less electricity -- massively better for the ...

The climate has changed, and we have been left grappling with the consequences: high temperatures, flooding, drought and much more. As the world shifts (or tries to shift) to ways to mitigate the ...

(CNN) — Scientists have developed a light-reflecting “ultra-white” paint, which they say could negate the need for air conditioning and even reduce carbon emissions, if used on a mass scale. The paint ...