Once in a while an area of scholarship is shaken up by a big new thing - an item or discovery or theorem or experiment or something that either gives everyone a new reason to get excited, or is provocative enough to incite publicity.
It could be in physics with the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, or in nutrition with the Paleo Diet and acidity trends, or in micro-biology with new research on nano-technology and stem cells, or even in fashion when one artist pushes the boundaries.
Today, we discuss the newest fad that's gotten everyone excited - from geologists to miners to chemists to entrepreneurs - graphene, the super-mineral.
According to this introductory video below, it holds next-to-miracle powers for daily consumption, including super-conductivity, strength, weightlessness, the ability to filter everything except for pure water, and a wealth of other attributes that might make this the most valuable mineral for modern life.
However, Gizmodo had recently burst everyone's bubble when it revealed a potentially fatal flaw in graphene's composition.
Whatever the case, a very interesting thing to know - especially if one is thinking of investing in a mine anytime soon...
Today, we discuss the newest fad that's gotten everyone excited - from geologists to miners to chemists to entrepreneurs - graphene, the super-mineral.
According to this introductory video below, it holds next-to-miracle powers for daily consumption, including super-conductivity, strength, weightlessness, the ability to filter everything except for pure water, and a wealth of other attributes that might make this the most valuable mineral for modern life.
However, Gizmodo had recently burst everyone's bubble when it revealed a potentially fatal flaw in graphene's composition.
Whatever the case, a very interesting thing to know - especially if one is thinking of investing in a mine anytime soon...
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