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How Nobel of you!

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peterh:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Oct 2010, 07:26 ---Well, the Nobel prize for Physics came out a couple days ago, for the development of graphene, an atom-thick layer of carbon that's incredibly strong, stable, transparent, and an excellent electrical conductor.  Perfect for things like touchscreens.  The physicists got the idea one day when they peeled a piece of scotch tape off a block of graphite.  That's not how it's made, but it let to the final result. 

And you heard it here first! 

--- End quote ---

In fact, when I heard about the prize, the first thought that went through my head was "gawd, I've seen Raven talk about that!"

Am I a nrrd now?

Akima:
I have a cunning spam!

Carl-E:
Congratulations? 

 :?

Streetwise:
WOW...

just read the phone interview from Konstatin Novoselov, one of the winners, and yeah, they got the idea/ the whole thing started with scotch tape and graphite...

I'd love to know if this gent is a reader, 'cause ... crazy, i don't know what date comic # 1111 was... but if it was around the time these gents were experimenting, i would encourage Jeph to reach out.  :-D

Unless of course Jeph got the idea from a scientific journal / release thinger, 'cause that could make sense as well. Either way, Good on yah for bringing awesome science into the comic.

AnAverageWriter:
Do you think they could thicken it and make a super-strong replacement for standard glass? Windows and such?

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