Researchers in the US and UK have found a new way to improve paints and coatings, by adding “two-faced” nanoparticles. With one face that attracts water and another that repels it, the particles ...

In a step towards developing advanced materials for functional coatings, a research group has developed a technology that combines structural color coating with super water-repellent properties. The ...

A CITY which is absolutely fed up with drunks urinating on public buildings has designed walls that “pee back”. They’re magnificent. The city of Hamburg, known for its rowdy night-life and a very ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KFSN) -- Officials in San Francisco are fed up with people urinating in public, and now they're trying a unique solution. The city is testing a new type of paint that can give back what ...

Pee-repellent paint is real, FYI. It's a coating of magical liquid that hardens and literally sprays your own urine right back at you if you relieve yourself on it. The paint was first tested on the ...

If you've ridden SEPTA in Philadelphia, you can recall the smell of urine in station stairwells and platforms. To combat public urination, the transit agency has been trying a special repellent paint ...

The development of melanin-based coating combines structural color with water-repellent and self-cleaning properties, emerging as a next-generation coating material. Ever wondered about the brilliant ...