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…

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  • @WetBeardHairsEnglish
    13•6 months ago

    The article addresses that. It is because ceramics are durable while paints and coatings are not.

    • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•6 months ago

      Seems like the effort involved in putting down paint would outweigh the durability. Perhaps they’re thinking about robots to place the tiles though, like on Starship?

      • @WetBeardHairsEnglish
        4•6 months ago

        Roof tiles. They want to make these into roof tiles. There is a big picture in the article and they even talk about roof tiles. Did no one read the article?