{
  "id": 6433730,
  "title": "White is more than a color: How nature inspired a new sustainable way to make white, water-repellent materials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/white-is-more-than-a-color-how-nature-inspired-a-new-sustainable-way",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T15:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-white-nature-sustainable-repellent-materials.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Look closely at Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of Japan's most iconic masterpieces. The brilliant white of the waves, snow on Mount Fuji and clouds above contain no white pigment. Instead, their whiteness comes from the way light scatters off the unprinted fibers of the washi paper itself.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}