A paint so impractical (and cool) -- think matte black squared -- you know some idiot will have to try it on a street car, even though it doesn't like being left outside, or washed. This nanotube ...

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 ...

A group of physicists from Russia, Sweden, and the U.S. has demonstrated a highly unusual optical effect: They managed to "virtually" absorb light using a material that has no light-absorbing capacity ...

While anti-fog sprays work to a certain extent, warming a glass surface is a better way of keeping it fog-free. A new coating material is designed to do so, and it utilizes light-absorbing gold ...