World’s Strongest Material
Graphene is the world’s strongest material and the thinnest electronic material to date. In 2013, the Finnish company Nokia was rewarded $1.35 billion by the European Union for more research on the uses of the material. Graphene is special because it “conducts both heat and electricity better than copper, and has outstanding optical and mechanical properties. If it could be produced on an industrial scale, graphene might revolutionize fields such as electronics and even body armor,” explains Jesse Emspak for Discovery.com