Sorry, sunlight. A new paint in development is designed to bounce the sun's rays off of metal surfaces, such as those on buildings or military ships. The coating ...
Nippon Paint has launched a long-term R&D project aimed at developing a new antifouling paint that would eliminate the release of microplastics from ocean-going ships while increasing fuel efficiency ...
1. Sharkskin inspired paint made with Nanoparticles reduce drag and lower fuel consumption. If the paint were applied to every airplane every year throughout the world, the paint could save a volume ...
Emissions from copper-based antifouling paints are a well-known environmental problem. As much as 40 percent of copper inputs to the Baltic Sea come from antifouling paints on ships and leisure boats.
New barnacle-killing hull coatings like the one on this 38,000 ton cruise ship are replacing a popular one highly toxic to marine life. Robert A. Martin/Arch Chemicals Inc. WASHINGTON — A treaty that ...
WASHINGTON – A treaty that forbids the maritime use of what the Environmental Protection Agency deems the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the world’s waters is expected to be ...
During the first and second World Wars it was common for the Navy to paint ships in camouflage patterns. The Navy is reviving that tradition with the first Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Freedom, with ...
A pigment package designed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to slow discoloration of the exterior coating on surface ships has started to make its way into the fleet and is producing early, ...
A new type of fire-retardant, water-based paint has been developed for use on ships by Battelle Memorial Institute`s laboratory in Columbus, Ohio. The odorless paint can be applied either when a ship ...