Color can affect global warming

The universe is a pretty dark place. We should be all the more grateful to the scientists at Purdue University in Indiana for this bright spot they gave to planet Earth. They developed a color that makes the official residence of the US president look like a cinder block and Bavarian kitchen classics like Grauwurst: the whitest white in the world. What is it good for? He just looks friendlier. And it can save humanity.Mechanical engineering professor Xiulin Ruan, a bleacher from West Lafayette. Already in 2020, they created a shade of white that reflects 95 percent of light. But there was still work to do, so Ruan and colleagues followed suit. Its new white, whiter than any white before, re-emits 98 percent of the light rays hitting its surface. "Their qualities," the New York Times recently wrote of the color of all colors, "are downright superheroic."