What sort of buildings in the future would never need to be painted?

October 29, 2012 By News Staff

Answer: 'butterfly wing' buildings

A new material inspired by butterfly wings repels water and gleams with color, NBC News reported. And this material -- that's both colorful and water-repelling -- could someday go into sensors that regulate the interior temperature of "smart buildings," said Shu Yang, a University of Pennsylvania chemist whose research group made the new material.

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