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The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. How soon until it's on the shelves at a major retailer? The paint is intended to be used on roofs, including roofing ...

A cool house without air conditioning may soon be possible. Scientists in Singapore have developed a new type of paint that reflects sunlight and cools surfaces by slowly evaporating water. Unlike ...

A two-layered paint that reflects infrared light while maintaining its colour could help keep buildings and vehicles cool under hot sun. This could help reduce energy used in cooling, such as by air ...

A new report from Boston University suggests that painting the flat black roofs of Boston's brownstones and triple-deckers white could be a quick, cost-effective way to significantly reduce summer ...

In 2020, scientists at Purdue University developed a new super-white acrylic paint that reflects 95.5 percent of sunlight. Since then, they’ve made it even whiter, with a new formula that has ...

RED BANK - If you think artists are born with talent, think again. “Great artists aren’t born, they’re educated — that’s kind of a tagline I’ve come up with,” said Tim Reynolds, president of Ani Art ...

The GAF Cool Community Project recently finished a task that saw it paint 1 million square feet (92,903 square meters) of roads, playgrounds, and parking lots in the Los Angeles, California, ...

The initiative covers roads, playgrounds, and parking lots, and it has already cooled the surface by 10 to 12 degrees. [Photo: courtesy GAF Cool Community Project] The team behind the GAF Cool ...

I’m sure you’ll agree with the sentiment that British rooms just aren’t built for the heat, and when heatwaves roll in, I often find more relief outside rather than in my flat. But there is something ...