Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, however, practice may not be enough because the lidar ...

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The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Dept. applied a light-colored, reflective coating to roads in eight neighborhoods across the city to study its cooling effects. In an effort to combat heat ...

A Purdue professor invented the "world's whitest paint" in 2021, which could reflect over 98% of sunlight to cool buildings and combat climate change. Despite significant media attention and praise, ...

The materials we coat our buildings with can have a big influence on their ability to reflect heat from the Sun and overall energy efficiency. Engineers at Purdue University have been at the cutting ...

It’s common sense: When it’s hot outside, don’t put on a dark shirt—wear white instead. A team of researchers at Purdue University has put this common knowledge to work to figure out ways to cool ...

If you’ve ever redone a room in your house and gone to the hardware store to pick out some fresh paint, you know that there’s a lot of different shades of white on the market. Turns out, there’s a new ...

High gloss paint is the definition of high risk, high reward. Here's how designers use it in interiors for the best and most ...

When winter drops over northern Finland, drivers prepare for a familiar problem that goes far beyond slippery roads. Reindeer roam freely across long, unlit highways, and in the dark months it’s hard ...