by Don Basile | Oct 21, 2026 | Graphene, Technology
Artificial intelligence receives enormous attention because its effects are visible. People can interact with a new AI model immediately. They can ask questions, generate images or write software and see the result in seconds. Materials science works differently. A...
by Don Basile | Oct 21, 2026 | Business, Graphene, Technology
Graphene has spent much of the last two decades surrounded by enormous expectations. The material is extremely strong, electrically conductive, lightweight and only one atom thick. Those properties have inspired potential applications ranging from electronics and...
by Don Basile | Nov 5, 2021 | Graphene
Two new graphene-related developments this year — one by Brown University researchers in January and another by MIT researchers in August — showed that this one-atom-thick layer of carbon might offer promise as a means of water filtration. And if it...
by Don Basile | Jan 20, 2021 | Graphene
By this point, we have discovered a slew of natural, incidental, and artificial nanomaterials with a wide variety of properties and capabilities. Particularly prominent are graphene and borophene — i.e., one-atom-thick layers of graphite and boron, respectively...
by Don Basile | Aug 12, 2020 | Graphene, Technology
Laser-induced graphene (LIG) air filters, developed in 2019 by a team at Rice University, have future implications for medical facilities, where patients face the constant threat posed by air-borne pathogens. The coronavirus, which is spread by respiratory droplets,...
by Don Basile | Feb 28, 2017 | Graphene, Technology
A single atom layer of carbon isolated by an ingenious scientist armed with a piece of Scotch tape, that proves to be the thinnest, strongest and most flexible material ever created? You might be thinking that this sounds like something straight out of science...
