The worldwide smart coatings market will grow from $363 million in 2013 to almost $3.0 billion in 2018, according to a new report from industry analysis firm NanoMarkets.

What can the U.S. military learn from a common squid? According to researchers at UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, it can learn a lot about how to hide from enemies.

Nick Smith of Sun Chemical, Parsippany, NJ, has started a two-year term as the President of the British Coatings Federation (BCF).

Missouri S&T is offering two online short courses.

A new transparent, bio-inspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) reported online in the July 31 edition of Nature Communications.

ARCOM, the publisher of AIA’s MasterSpec guide specification system, has a new strategic alliance with Master Painters Institute (MPI).

Technological advancements have widened the potential of antimicrobial food coatings.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Rolla, MO, has announced dates for short courses on various aspects of coatings formulation and composition to be offered at its Rolla campus.