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- Solar Paint: A Game-Changer for Electric VehiclesImagine a paint that could charge an electric vehicle (EV) simply by being exposed to sunlight. This groundbreaking innovation, known as solar paint, offers a…
- The world’s whitest paint to cool buildingsResearchers at Purdue University in the US created the whitest paint yet. Reflecting 98% light, the paint may cool buildings enough to reduce the…
- Sweat-Inspired Paint Offers Sustainable Cooling for BuildingsResearchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a unique cement-based paint that cools buildings by mimicking the human body’s ability to sweat.…
- Recycled Paint Used in Large-Scale Supermarket RenovationA supermarket in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands, now features Sikkens Alpha Recycle Mat, a wall paint that contains recycled paint waste. During the renovation of…
- Thermoelectric paint can turn waste heat into energyAll machines and appliances that use energy produce waste heat, heat that costs energy to produce, but evaporates into nothing. Thermoelectric materials can help…
- A cooling automotive paintCar manufacturer Nissan developed an automotive paint that helps lower the vehicle’s ambient cabin temperature in summer, reducing the energy usage of the air…
- Removable paint that you can just peel offColumbian paint company Glasst developed a new type of paint that, rather than painting over it or using paint remover, can just be peeled…
- Thermal insulating paintResearchers at Stanford University in the US developed insulating paint in multiple colours that can keep buildings cooled in summer and warmer in winter,…
- Biobased And Microplastic-Free Interior Wall Paint Launched By WijzonolDutch paint manufacturer Wijzonol has introduced a new generation of professional interior wall paint formulated with a significantly higher share of biobased raw materials…
- Graphenstone: first graphene paint commercially availableLately, when talking about materials, the subject graphene tends to come up a lot. And with reason, as this relatively new material has many…
- WallSmart: An Interactive PaintNot so handy with a paintbrush? In the future, you may be able to change the colour of the walls in your home with…
- Paint that never fadesResearcher at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) developed a type of paint of which the colour never fades, inspired by animals like peacocks and…
- New photocatalytic paint harvests hydrogen fuel from the airHydrogen is one of the cleanest fuels around, turning into water when it is burned. However, common methods to harvest hydrogen are not so…
- A ‘green living paint’ that produces oxygenResearchers at the University of Surrey in the UK have developed an oxygen-producing, carbon dioxide-absorbing water-based paint containing a species of cyanobacteria, dubbed green…
- ‘Painting’ the Mona Lisa with bacteriaResearchers from the Sapienza University of Rome ‘painted’ portraits of the Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and others, by using genetically modified bacteria.…
- Growing paints using colourful bacteriaWe have seen plastic eating bacteria, bioplastic producing bacteria, brick-growing bacteria… Needless to say, bacteria can be very useful in the production (or destruction)…
- Cooling Paint that Captures Water from AirResearchers from the University of Sydney and start-up Dewpoint Innovations have developed a nanoengineered polymer coating that can both cool surfaces and extract water…
- Turning Waste into Colour: Virginia Tech’s Toolkit Transforms Compost into PaintA team of industrial design researchers at Virginia Tech has developed an innovative toolkit that transforms school food waste—primarily fruit and vegetable scraps—into natural…
- Paint made from waste concrete powder sequesters CO2London and Seoul based designer Kukbong Kim developed a paint called Celour made from waste concrete powder, leftover from recycling concrete, which actively captures…
- Black Editions from Design label Vij5 coloured with natural paintVij5 is a Dutch design label with a collection of interior products, characterised by their minimalist aesthetic and functionality. A well-known example of their…
- CapaGeo: Making Paint RenewableCaparol announced this month a step forward in ecological innovation within the paint industry with the introduction of CapaGeo, a range of products made…
- Meet the artist who paints with recycled plasticSouth African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi paints with recycled plastic rather than paint materials more traditionally known for making art. And instead of a conventional…
- Spray-paint solar cellsA new type of solar cell in development resembles a spray-paint-like synthetic. Designers, solar energy enthusiasts and graffiti artists everywhere may soon have an…
- Painting With Light: MIT’s MorphoChrome Enables Programmable Structural ColourResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed MorphoChrome, a new fabrication system that allows designers to apply iridescent, colour-changing effects to…
