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Anyone remember this article? Bill Gates Foundation awards scientists researching to create stronger, thinner condoms from graphene.
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[link to www.bbc.com (secure)]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded scientists $100,000 (£60,000) to create stronger, thinner condoms from the new "wonder material".
The substance will be mixed with latex to produce a material which will encourage use by "enhancing sensation".
Graphene, the thinnest, strongest material known, was first isolated at the University of Manchester in 2004.
It has more often been linked to potentially revolutionising products such as smartphones and broadband.
Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan, who will lead the researchers, said that since it was isolated, "people have wondered when graphene will be used in our daily life".
"Currently, people imagine using graphene in mobile phone screens, food packaging and chemical sensors.
"If this project is successful, we might have [an everyday] use which will literally touch our everyday life in the most intimate way."
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They've been interested in graphene for a while, guess they found out a better use for it with vaccines in mind.
Here's a bunch of articles related on graphene research. [link to news.mit.edu (secure)]
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