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Graphene Could Help Detect Drugs in Body, Improve Airport Security

Wonder material graphene could help detect the presence of drugs or toxins in the body or dramatically improve airport security, University of Manchester researchers have found.

16 Jan 2013

Royal Holloway to Receive Government Funding to Explore ‘Super-Material’ Graphene

Royal Holloway is among a select group of top universities to receive £21.5 million in government funding to explore commercial uses for graphene.

11 Jan 2013

Nanoporous Graphene Ranked Among Top Five Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012

Smithsonian magazine recently ranked nanoporous graphene, a novel material for water desalination developed in MIT’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering, in its ranking for the top five surprising scientific milestones of 2012.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 Jan 2013

Graphene Oxide Can Quickly Remove Radioactive Material from Contaminated Water

Graphene oxide has a remarkable ability to quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, researchers at Rice University and Lomonosov Moscow State University have found.

9 Jan 2013

Scientists at Imperial Awarded Public Funds to Study Graphene

Scientists at Imperial College London are set to receive over £4.5 million of public funding to investigate how the 'super material' graphene can drive improvements in high-tech industries, such as aerospace design and medical technologies.

28 Dec 2012

Flexible PV Cells Using Nanowire-Coated Graphene Sheets

MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires. The approach could lead to low-cost, transparent and flexible solar cells that could be deployed on windows, roofs or other surfaces.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 24 Dec 2012