Researchers from Australia’s Western Sydney University have created a reflective coating for solar tiles to reduce the operating temperatures of tiles by up to 11 C, while increasing their electrical ...

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 ...

Cool colours: the hotter square on the left is coated in a single layer of black paint while the cooler square in the right is a black bilayer. (Courtesy: Jyotirmoy Mandal) A bilayer paint that can ...

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 ...

To combat the so-called urban heat island effect, some cities have been retrofitting public buildings into climate shelters, while others have been planting thousands of trees. One Los Angeles ...

White cars can be boring. So Toyota created a colored paint that also reflects light and keeps the car cooler on hot days. The new coating can affect the temperature by nine degrees, Toyota says. BY ...

The groundbreaking innovation of solar paint has the potential to generate an impressive 1,000 watts per square meter, potentially revolutionizing how we harness and utilize solar energy in our daily ...

The Toyota Prius pictured above features a shade of green that is probably the last color you'd want adorning the Japanese manufacturer's popular hybrid, but it actually serves a special purpose. The ...

Toyota is giving its 2017 Prius a lime green paint job—and it serves a larger purpose than a change in aesthetic. On the automaker's Japanese website, Toyota explains that it's using Thermo-Tect lime ...