Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protective paint sprayed onto a steel plate in a factory will have a different recipe than paint used in an art class. gilaxia/E+ ...

Last year, engineers at Purdue University used their expertise in materials science to produce the world’s whitest paint, with an ability to reflect around 98% of incoming sunlight and therefore holds ...

Researchers in the US and UK have found a new way to improve paints and coatings, by adding “two-faced” nanoparticles. With one face that attracts water and another that repels it, the particles ...

Acrylic acid and its derivatives are in short supply, and the shortage couldn’t have come at a worse time for the paints and coatings industry. As the economy revives, paint markets are coming back to ...

Precision is often key to a successful and profitable production process. When precision is not present, production costs and time can increase, as well as frustrations. Impeccable accuracy is created ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How is paint made? – Atharva, age 11, Bengaluru, ...