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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

World’s whitest paint now thin enough to use on cars and airplanes for keeping them cool, study says

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A new formulation of the world’s whitest paint is thinner and lighter enough to be used on cars and airplanes for radiating heat away, according to a new study.

The world’s whitest paint, seen in this year’s edition of Guinness World Records as well as the The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, can keep surfaces cool and reduce the need for air conditioning, said scientists, including those from Purdue University in the US.

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