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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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Better yet, make a giant sheet of it and float it in the ocean to fix the earth’s albedo and stop climate change.

    • Piecemakers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Oh, great idea! A nanoparticle ceramic aluminum oxide aerosol? What could possibly go wrong? 🤣

        • Piecemakers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          You’re missing the point, and even at that: this reply is insanely short-sighted. Aerosolized or atomized, is still fucking airborne nanoparticle ceramic aluminum oxide. 🙄

            • Piecemakers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              You’ve clearly never worked in any professional (let alone commercial) capacity with the medium(s) you’re championing, and the drive-by downvotes are whingy at best. Reddit will be the frog-boiling death of this platform. 🤦🏼‍♂️

                • Piecemakers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Ah, yes, the ol’ Republican switcheroo. My argument is clear, concise, and factually-based, whereas yours is bluster and conjecture, yet you project your failings onto me in defense?

                  How typical. Stay in school, kiddo.