Science

Diamond-Busting, Super-Hard Graphite Squeezed Toward Reality

Are the diamond’s days as an indestructible substance numbered? Possibly. At about 170,000 atmospheres, scientists managed to use super-hard graphite to crack one in 2003, but the exact reason why was somewhat of a mystery. Now maybe it’s not.


October 6, 2010
Science

Graphene Just Won Two Guys The Nobel. So What The Hell Is It?

Today, two professors won the Nobel prize for physics “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”. The Nobel is the Olympic gold of science. But what is graphene, and why did it earn these guys over a million bucks?


June 22, 2010
Science

Largest Sheet Of Graphene Can Be Used For Flexible Touchscreens

Graphene, the ridiculously thin, strong, electrically conductive and flexible miracle material, might be coming to your touchscreens. And when it does, “you could theoretically roll up your iPhone and stick it behind your ear like a pencil”.