Question: Why does South Carolina not use reflective paint when painting stripes on the roads? At night, and when it rains (especially at night), it is almost impossible to see the lines. Answer: The ...

Your car and home could stay cooler in summer thanks to a new paint created by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. The paint uses glass to create a more reflective surface coating, as ...

High up on the top floor of a run-down industrial brick building in Charlestown sits Emily Thibodeau’s workshop. It takes but one good look around to see this is not your posh, Kendall Square-inspired ...

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 ...

It's gaudy, and some would call it downright ugly, but the lime green paint job option for the 2017 Toyota Prius keeps the vehicle cool and can even save drivers on gas. A Wired report says that ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In the escalating war to squeeze every last mile from every last drop of gas, automakers are attacking on every front, going well beyond the cratered fields of aerodynamics and optimized engine ...

The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. California's AB 32 cap on greenhouse gas emissions has its regulatory agencies working to find a set of measures that will ...

Temperatures are skyrocketing in India, as a result of climate change. Sadly, this has resulted in a 150 percent increase in the number of heat waves, killing thousands of people in recent years. To ...