(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Who could have predicted that Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novosolev from the University of Manchester would discover graphene while using scotchtape to remove flakes from a slab of graphite? Graphene is the thinnest, lightest and strongest material known to date and can take any shape. Today, laboratories around the world are exploring its enormous potential. Graphene is part of the European Union's flagship project on new materials within Horizon 2020's Future and Emerging Technologies Programme, the other flagship being the Human Brain Project. As the European Commission puts it, 'visionary thinking...
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