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Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)
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Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight.

The surface of a car coated with the innovative material remains up to 12 degrees cooler than that of a vehicle with standard paint, tests showed.

The company said the coating material can help rein in the temperature rise not only on the car's body but also in the vehicle when exposed to direct sunlight.

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Nasa have developed a paint for spacecraft that can be any color including black and still have the properties of white paint. It's only colored in the visible part of the spectrum but allows IR to pass right through.

Although you do need to paint the vehicle white initially as an undercoat.

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