{"632262":{"#nid":"632262","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"This ultra-strong nanomaterial could cut carbon emissions \u2014 and it\u2019s made out of garbage","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith its single layer of carbon atoms, graphene is at least 100 times stronger than steel, ultra-light, as stretchy as rubber, and the best heat conductor in the world.\u0026nbsp;But the supply of graphene has been limited by the painstaking processes used for producing it in the lab. A\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-1938-0\u0022\u003Enew study\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;shows that a split-second, ultra-hot flash of electricity focused on any item containing carbon can also produce graphene. Georgia Tech researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/claire-berger\u0022\u003EClaire Berger\u003C\/a\u003E commented on the usefulness of this new technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35185","created_gmt":"2020-02-10 19:30:03","changed_gmt":"2020-03-09 17:29:21","author":"kpietkiewicz3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"book review editor","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/grist.org\/climate\/this-ultra-strong-nanomaterial-could-cut-carbon-emissions-and-its-made-out-of-garbage\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632261":{"id":"632261","type":"image","title":"Claire Berger","body":null,"created":"1581362809","gmt_created":"2020-02-10 19:26:49","changed":"1581362809","gmt_changed":"2020-02-10 19:26:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240564","name":"BERGER Claire.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BERGER%20Claire.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BERGER%20Claire.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8527,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/BERGER%20Claire.jpg?itok=aInanTfV"}}},"media_ids":["632261"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}