Black 4.0 compared to a typical black acrylic art paint. Credit: Stuart Semple Beyond its greater light absorption, the paint has also seen a usability upgrade over Semple’s past releases.

As Les Roberts, an energy expert at Bionic explains, ‘Painting radiators black can have a small effect on heat emission, but it's unlikely to make a noticeable difference on your energy bills.

As private companies launch vast networks of satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), the astronomical community faces an increasing challenge: light pollution. With more than 14,900 satellites already ...

A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now ...

The paint has an odd effect on the X6 in that it completely erases any three-dimensionality from the SUV's design. It looks utterly flat. We know it isn't, because we've seen the new X6 painted in ...

The study aims to determine the effect of painted ... involved with the project after the Oregon Legislature in 2021 provided $400,000 to Oregon State to study the impact of painting blades black.