World’s thinnest light bulb built using a graphene filament
A group of international researchers unveiled the world's thinnest light bulb. Remarkably it uses a carbon-based filament, just like Thomas ...
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Spiders weave graphene-infused silk: the strongest of both worlds
Graphene - the one atom thick sheet of carbon arranged in a hexagon lattice - is the strongest material known ...
Perfection is overrated: Flawed graphene sheets may lead to better fuel cells
A rather surprising study found that graphene's imperfections can actually be used to improve fuel cell efficiency. Researchers from Northwestern ...
Graphene shows potential as anti-cancer agent
A while ago I wrote that the applications for graphene are endless, and it seems like scientists just want to ...
Penta-graphene is stronger and better than graphene – we only need to make it, now
Chinese researchers ran simulations and found that a pentagon-containing version of graphene is theoretically stable. The 2D allotrope of carbon is made up ...
Novel Production Technique Could Make Graphene 1000 times cheaper
A PhD student from Netherlands has demonstrated a technique which could massively cut down the production costs of graphene. With ...
Graphene membrane allows mobile Fuel Cells to harvest Hydrogen straight from Air
A team of UK researchers led by none other but Nobel Laureate Andre Geim - one of persons involved in ...
Graphene could be used to make bullet-proof armour – up to ten times better than steel
It might not come as a surprise to hear that the world's strongest material, graphene, was found to be a ...
Graphene rubber bands: flexible, low-cost body sensors
Graphene, the wonder material shows its potential once again: now, using graphene and rubber bands, engineers have created a flexible ...
Adding lithium makes graphite both transparent and conductive. A great game changer for the industry
Better, far more responsive touchscreen displays might be developed as a result of these findings. Photo:easy-it.ro ...
Super-stretchable yarn made from graphene could change the industry
Strong, stretchable fibers made of graphene oxide can be knotted like yarn (credit: Terrones group/Penn State) ...
Graphene: unlimited heat conductivity
It's official - graphene is the wonder material of the millennium. A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...
Making graphene in a kitchen blender
A team led by Jonathan Coleman at Trinity College Dublin reports they've patented a technique that can easily produce large quantities ...
Graphene speakers easily outperform traditional designs
I feel like a broken record - graphene is awesome at this, graphene is awesome at that... graphene is just ...
Breakthrough: first time monolayer graphene made in bulk
Image: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology & Sungkyunkwan Universit We've written extensively about graphene here on ...
Carbon nanotubes may help increase the efficiency of tomorrow’s solar cells
Every time a new manufacturing or development technology concerning solar cells was introduced, the futurists and tech pundits were quick ...
Graphene Technology Could Give Us Predator Vision Contact Lenses
As a kid, looking at the Predator movies gave me goosebumps; it wasn't the physical superiority of the Predator, but ...
Graphene proves to be fantastic radio waves absorber
Ultra strong, a fantastic electrical conductor, and even suitable for better beer storage, graphene is dazzling the w0rld with its ...
New graphene treatment may help the wonder material turn mainstream
Graphene, a 2-D array of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagon shape, is one of the most researched material today. ...
Synthetic fuel production may become cheaper after using carbon nanofibers
In transportation, there aren't that many alternative energy sources like in conventional industry, where you can supply a plant or ...
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