At last, at last, it’s happened. The most glamorous substance — graphene — has been brought to bear on the most glamorous foodstuff — coffee. Details are in this study: “Molecularly imprinted coated graphene oxide solid-phase extraction monolithic capillary column for selective extraction and sensitive determination of phloxine B in coffee bean,” Haiyun Zhai, Zihao […]
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A Stand-up Effect on Dogs of Listening to Graphene Earphones
An innovative use of graphene, and of a dog: “Graphene Earphones: An Entertainment for Both Humans and Animals,” He Tian , Cheng Li , Mohammad Ali Mohammad , Ya-Long Cui , Wen-Tian Mi , Yi Yang , Dan Xie , and Tian-Ling Ren, ACS Nano, epub April 26, 2014. (Thanks to investigator Wei Ting for bringing […]
Geim’s surprises about (1) materials and (2) a historic hamster
Andre Geim, interviewed in YourIs, reveals two surprises, one speculating about materials he intends to study, the other about the existence of a predecessor to the celebrated levitating frog: Andre Geim: graphene is only the beginning Andre Konstantin Geim is the only person who ever received both a Nobel and an Ig Nobel [editor’s note: this almost — but not […]
Working to isolate graphene, on national TV
The important activity in this PBS NewsHour interview is happening in the background. David Kessler, co-producer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, doggedly works away with a pencil and Scotch tape to try to isolate graphene. It’s a dramatic re-creation of Andre Geim‘s late-night experiment that led to the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Prize […]