Researchers at the University of Sydney and commercial start-up Dewpoint Innovations have created a nano-engineered polymer coating that not only reflects up to 97% of the sun's rays, but also ...

How does a cloud stay cool under direct sunlight—or seem to vanish in infrared? In nature, phenomena like white cumulus clouds, gray storm systems, and even the hollow hairs of polar bears offer ...

With its soaring concrete sails reaching high into the sky, the Dio Padre Misericordioso Church, just east of central Rome, beckons religious and architectural devotees alike. The structure is also ...

A zoomed-in shot of a paint roller being applied to a roof. The roller is white with its application product. In the right setting, a cool-roof coating can cut the energy consumption of a building by ...

Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn’t cool people off. However, a new formula, described in ACS’ Nano Letters, protects against both ...

Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn't cool people off. However, a new formula protects against both UV light and heat from the sun ...

Screen technology is getting a significant boost as researchers from the Nano-lithography and Manufacturing Research Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) and the company ...

A team has developed printable, highly efficient light-emitting metasurfaces. In relationships, sharing closer spaces naturally deepens the connection as bonds form and strengthen through increasing ...

Abstract: The room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber is regarded as a coating material for power transformer bushings. However, the performance of silicone rubber may get severely degraded ...

Cambridge University spin-out Impossible Materials has developed a cellulose-based, white pigment to replace titanium dioxide in food applications. FoodNavigator catches up with CEO Lukas Schertel to ...