"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 ...

It reflects up to 98.1% of sunlight and can cool buildings the world over. This is an Inside Science story. Typical commercial white paints reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and fail to help ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s common sense: When it’s hot outside, don’t put on a dark shirt—wear white instead. A team of researchers at Purdue University has put this common knowledge to work to figure out ways to cool ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new paint developed by researchers at Purdue University is the coolest -- literally. When Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at the school, and his graduate ...

Scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated a new ultra-white ceramic material that can drastically cool buildings by reflecting sunlight and heat at record highs. The beetle-inspired material gets its ...

Climate change is global but the actions we take here in Sacramento play a role in shaping our environmental future. The Sacramento Bee is undertaking a collaboration with you to examine and celebrate ...

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 ...

This photo provided by John Underwood shows Purdue University professor Xiulin Ruan on Aug. 25, 2021, at his laboratory in West Lafayette, Ind., with a brush full of what’s considered the world’s ...