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Graphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications

31 May 2018

Researchers have created a technology that could lead to new devices for faster, more reliable ultra-broad bandwidth transfers, and demonstrated how...

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Zero gravity graphene promises success in space

31 Jan 2018

In a series of experiments conducted last month, Cambridge researchers experienced weightlessness testing graphene’s application in space.

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Sample circuit printed on fabric

Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric

08 Nov 2017

Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for...

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Conductive textile

Environmentally-friendly graphene textiles could enable wearable electronics

25 Nov 2016

A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics...

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Microscope image of a quantum LED device showing bright quantum emitter generating a stream of single photons.

Ultra-thin quantum LEDs could accelerate development of quantum networks

07 Oct 2016

Researchers have developed all-electrical ultra-thin quantum LEDs, which have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications...

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Graphene Neuron Interface

Graphene shown to safely interact with neurons in the brain

29 Jan 2016

Researchers have shown that graphene can be used to make electrodes that can be implanted in the brain, which could potentially be used to restore...

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Some of the products and prototypes on display at Cambridge Graphene Technology Day.

Graphene means business – two-dimensional material moves from the lab to the UK factory floor

06 Nov 2015

A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge...

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False-colour microscopic view of a reduced graphene oxide electrode (black, centre), which hosts the large (on the order of 20 micrometers) lithium hydroxide particles (pink) that form when a lithium-oxygen battery discharges.

New design points a path to the ‘ultimate’ battery

29 Oct 2015

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the problems impeding the practical development of the so-called ‘ultimate’ battery could...

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Roll-to-roll printing of graphene ink

New graphene based inks for high-speed manufacturing of printed electronics

19 Oct 2015

A low-cost, high-speed method for printing electronics using graphene and other conductive materials could open up a wide range of commercial...

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Graphene flowers

The European roadmap for graphene science and technology

24 Feb 2015

Europe's Graphene Flagship lays out a science and technology roadmap, targeting research areas designed to take graphene and related two-dimensional...

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Model of graphene structure

Graphene’s potential for energy conversion and storage

19 Feb 2015

Scientists working with Europe's Graphene Flagship and the Cambridge Graphene Centre have provided a detailed and wide-ranging review of the...

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Asteroidea Electrica

The art of engineering: images from the frontiers of technology

12 Nov 2014

From the kaleidoscopic swirl of a neural network, to ribbons of crystals unfolding like sheets of wrapping paper, to the relief on the faces of...

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