It’s incredibly strong and has unique electrical, thermal, optical, and chemical properties, but in some ways Graphene’s two-dimensional structure makes it a bit like the laser was in the 1960s – a solution in search of a problem. To give graphene a new dimension, a team of MIT scientists have developed a sponge-like 3D version that has only five percent of the density of steel, yet is ten times as strong.
via New Atlas
Image: Melanie Gonick/MIT
