{"id":1219,"date":"2013-03-14T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2013-03-14T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T10:05:34","slug":"magic-material-from-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"Magic from Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would be surprised if you had not heard about it. \u00a0Yet we live in such a busy world, maybe you haven&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered in Manchester &#8211; and here is a short video describing some of its potential:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZMJnBx117-E\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Graphne was discovered \u00a0by Andre Geim\u00a0and Konstantin Novoselov\u00a0at the University of Manchester\u00a0 &#8211; who subsequently went on to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in\u00a02010&#8243;for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional\u00a0material graphene&#8221;. \u00a0The magic material could well \u00a0create the next break-through in battery technology for mobile phones and electric cars &#8211; \u00a0at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. \u00a0That alone would be mind-blowing!<\/p>\n<p>Yet it has so many other uses. \u00a0It is cheap to manufacture . \u00a0And as it is purely carbon &#8211; it is very environmentally friendly!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get into the science of graphene, then watch this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EX8ClPVkD1g\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are many more videos on YouTube and many more articles about graphene on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Makes you think. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Makes you think about the other uses it could be put to in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Makes you think about how you might get more involved in developing its potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Makes you think how it will change people&#8217;s lives in the next century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Makes you think.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would be surprised if you had not heard about it. \u00a0Yet we live in such a busy world, maybe you haven&#8217;t. It was discovered in Manchester &#8211; and here is a short video describing some of its potential: Graphne was discovered \u00a0by Andre Geim\u00a0and Konstantin Novoselov\u00a0at the University of Manchester\u00a0 &#8211; who subsequently went &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1219\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Magic from Manchester&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[42,41,32,68,102,43,45],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DQGK-jF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1014,"url":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1014","url_meta":{"origin":1219,"position":0},"title":"Inward Investment, Magic and Love","author":"Lorne Mitchell","date":"19\/06\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As the world becomes more and more global and the European national political and economic frameworks remain stressed, each city is left to its own devices to attract inward investment and keep and grow talent. 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