A research team led by SUTD has created nanoscale glass structures with near-perfect reflectance, overturning long-held ...

Vantablack is a special coating material, moreso than a paint. It’s well-known as one of the blackest possible coatings around, capable of absorbing almost all visible light in its nanotube ...

Cleaning your walls before painting helps the paint stick better and stops peeling, bubbling, and streaking. Use mild soap and water with a soft sponge to gently scrub walls from bottom to top in ...

Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to get worse.

As private companies launch vast networks of satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), the astronomical community faces an increasing challenge: light pollution. With more than 14,900 satellites already ...

Semple’s Black 3.0 paint—the blackest, flattest acrylic paint available on the planet—absorbs 99% of all the visible spectrum. Yolo does the opposite. It reflects 96% of light, but only in ...

It doesn't absorb any light, it beams it back out in the form of a visible color, and this is where things get interesting. Chanda's research began here, with his fascination with natural colors ...

Satin paint reflects an average amount of light, ... Surface imperfections (like nicks and rough texture) may be more visible. Botched strokes, streaking, and drips can show a bit more.

Op-art banners fluttered from the flagpoles in the darkness overhead, and through the doors of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art surged the opening-night black-tie throng. To celebrate the first ...

Authorities have attempted to cover up a giant penis that was erected on the rooftop of a school. The doppel-wanger had reportedly been painted atop a school in Berlin, Germany.

When exposed to harmless visible light, the hydrogel becomes a porous solid that promotes the growth of natural bone tissue (pictured) Depositphotos View 2 Images ...

Streaks of colorful light could paint the sky over a large portion of the country on Sunday night into Monday morning amid a severe geomagnetic storm. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The ...