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 ...

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 ...

Paint 3D was fun, even though the idea of 3D dioramas never caught on. But Paint 3D’s best feature, Magic Select, had nothing to do with 3D.

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 ...

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 ...