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The moon

Graphene heads to the moon

30 Nov 2022

Cambridge researchers are part of a European project testing graphene’s ability to protect spacecraft against the sticky, sharp dust on the moon’s...

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On-chip spectrometer on a fingertip

Artificial intelligence powers record-breaking all-in-one miniature spectrometers

20 Oct 2022

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace optical and mechanical components, researchers have designed a tiny spectrometer that breaks all...

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Bone cancer cell (nucleus in light blue)

Cambridge spin-out receives European Innovation Council grant to develop cancer imaging technologies

21 Feb 2022

Spin-off company Cambridge Raman Imaging Ltd. and the Cambridge Graphene Centre will lead ‘CHARM’ project, recently awarded with €3.2 million

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Hard disk drive

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

04 Jun 2021

Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the...

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Illustration of the magnetic structure of FePS3

‘Magnetic graphene’ forms a new kind of magnetism

08 Feb 2021

Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity...

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Drying droplets

Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics

12 Aug 2020

Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented...

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Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution

05 Dec 2019

An international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have developed a graphene composite that can ‘eat’ common...

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Graphene goes to space

25 Jun 2019

Partners in the European Commission’s Graphene Flagship, including the University of Cambridge, launched a rocket this week to test graphene – a two-...

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Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes

16 May 2019

Washable, wearable ‘batteries’: based on cheap, safe and environmentally-friendly inks and woven directly into fabrics, have been developed by...

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Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale

12 Mar 2019

A recent University of Cambridge spin-out company, Paragraf, has started producing graphene – a sheet of carbon just one atomic layer thick – at up...

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‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor

01 Feb 2019

Researchers have found that certain ultra-thin magnetic materials can switch from insulator to conductor under high pressure, a phenomenon that could...

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Graphene may exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications

12 Oct 2018

Researchers from the Cambridge Graphene Centre, together with industrial and academic collaborators within the European Graphene Flagship project...

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