A century ago, glow-in-the-dark watches were an irresistible novelty. The dials, covered in a special luminous paint, shone all the time and didn’t require charging in sunlight. It looked like magic.

YAMADA, Iwate Prefecture--Emergency stairways in this coastal town are now coated in a special luminous paint to help guide residents to safety even after dark if disaster strikes. The luminous paint ...

In the early 1900s, Dr. Sabin Arnold von Sochocky formulated a radium-based paint that glowed in the dark. For many years the radio-luminescent paint was used on things like watch faces so they could ...

FARGO — A North Dakota State University researcher has helped uncover what causes a pigment used in luminous paint to glow in the dark for hours. Khang Hoang has identified specific defects ...

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You don’t need to add lights to pimp up your motorcycle now that Australian company LuminAuz has produced paint work that can be electrically charged to light up. Their first motorcycle using LuminAuz ...