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Engineers have created ‘the whitest paint yet’

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Engineers in the US claim to have created ‘the whitest paint yet’ – which they say will help tackle global warming.   The ultra-white coating, developed at Purdue University in Indiana, reflects up to 98.1 per cent of sunlight while sending away infrared heat.  Currently, paints on the market designed to reject heat only reflect somewhere between 80 and … Read more

‘World’s whitest shade of white paint’ may slow global warming

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Researchers create world’s whitest shade of white paint – and say it may slow global warming and slash utility bills because it reflects 95% of sunlight off surfaces and is cool to the touch Purdue University researchers have created the white paint  with calcium carbonate –   a chemical compound found in limestone, shells and chalk … Read more