A coffee spill leaves behind a dark stain around the puddle’s edge when it dries. But as drops of paint dry, some look like “fried eggs,” with “yolks” of color surrounded by pristine white halos, ...

French scientists have been watching paint drops dry and monitoring the resulting patterns in hopes of finding ways to better control the drying process to reduce cracks and other imperfections. They ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

It’s often the first thing we notice about a vehicle, and it reveals a lot: how new (or not) the vehicle is, how it’s been cared for, where it’s been driven. “Consumers are extremely picky regarding ...

Paint maker PPG built a database of their products overlaid with the laws of chemistry, then asked AI to create something new. The result is PPG’s first AI-assisted new product.

A Model T Ford customer could famously get their car “in any color he wants, so long as it’s black.” Thus begins [edconway]’s recounting of the incremental improvements in car paint and its surprising ...

As paint drops dry, they can look like a “fried egg” (left image, scale bar is one millimeter) or develop a more even pigment distribution (right image). A coffee spill leaves behind a dark stain ...

It's often the first thing we notice about a vehicle, and it reveals a lot: how new (or not) the vehicle is, how it's been cared for, where it's been driven. "Consumers are extremely picky regarding ...