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Scientists develop futuristic material to help us beat the heat: 'A viable candidate for radiative cooling' (www.thecooldown.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sounds gimmicky. My understanding is that such a material would be very fragile and can’t handle any significant weight, so I doubt its radiative property would be relevant in practice, which is fine since reflection is a solved problem. Biodegradable insulation is a solved problem, too. Unless its insulative properties are exceptional, I doubt there’s much here.

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