Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, didn’t set out to make it into the Guinness World Records when he began trying to make a new type of paint. He had a ...

Two features make this paint ultra-white, according to Purdue University: a very high concentration of a chemical compound called barium sulfate – also used in photo paper and cosmetics – and ...

Buildings coated in a cement-based paint that “sweats” could help keep communities cool during the hottest days of the year. The substance is known as CCP-30, and its creators say initial ...

The researchers believe that this white may be the closest equivalent of the blackest black, “ Vantablack,” which absorbs up to 99.9% of visible light. The new whitest paint formulation reflects up to ...