Graphene and Electricity makes the Bigger, Better Magentic Field

A new study at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that the right strain on a sample of graphene will create a "super-strong pseudo-magnetic field". A right kind of stress on graphene causes its electrons to act as if they were in magnetic fields larger than any acutal magnetic field created to date.

This is a major breakthrough because although scientists have been studying magnetic fields for the past 100 years, they have not been able to sustain a large magnetic field for more than a fraction of a second, and the magnets would blow apart.

This will lead to a new breed of electronics and magnetic devices.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-07/nanobubbles-graphene-create-huge-pseudo-magnetic-fields

Graphene and Water make...

Computers

That's right. The future of computers is water and graphene. They would be combined to make a new type of transistor. Transistors are the on and off switch in a computer. They stop or start the flow of electricity.

Water and Graphene are both good conductors of electricity. So how will they make a transistor? Graphene does not have an 'off' switch when electricity is running through it, due to its symmetry. However, when water is added, water is attracted to the graphene, glomms to it, breaking its symmetry. Without the symmetry, graphene is now a poor conductor of electricity, or turned 'off'.

This is technique is not new, but using water is a breakthrough. Water is not dangerous, explosive or expensive.

http://io9.com/5673890/water-plus-graphene-will-soon-equal-computers