Scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated a new ultra-white ceramic material that can drastically cool buildings by reflecting sunlight and heat at record highs. The beetle-inspired material gets its ability from its nanostructure, stays tough to the elements and should be relatively easy to scale…

Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity::undefined

  • ladicius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    1 year ago

    I have aluminium foil covering my windows in summer and that doesn’t blind anyone by far, even in full sunlight.

    Not everything reflecting is a mirror.