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