Researchers have shown off a means to spray-paint batteries onto any surface.

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Like other rescue workers whose job it is to venture underground, Angeli and Steelman spray orange paint to mark the places they have searched.

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It is no longer populated by thugs with the equivalent of digital spray paint seeking to vandalize.

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The team even went crazy with a can of black spray paint, comparing the results to a Teflon surface.

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Happily, conservationists were able to rush the Picasso into the ICU, removing the stenciled spray paint.

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"I liken it to somebody going in and defacing a wall with a can of spray paint, " he said.

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The plan would have us spray paint it white and decorate it with lights and ribbons to display next to the living room fireplace.

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