Science Reaches the Final Frontier

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Last week had its ups and downs for the world of science and technology. Just as it was announced that two UK-based scientists had won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing a ground-breaking material with amazing properties that could help build super-fast computers, doctors issued health warnings related to the use of hi- tech gadgets.

Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, of Manchester University, have invented graphene, a flat sheet of carbon just one atom thick. It is almost completely transparent, but also extremely strong and a good conductor of electricity. Some scientists believe this material will be the new silicon, poised to change the world of electronics.

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Science Reaches the Final Frontier

But can we mere mortals handle any more technological advancement? Have we reached the final frontier in wizard gadgetry? Or are we really just patheticall...

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