Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Scientists have found a way to turn graphene into a superconductor. Materials scientists at the University of Cambridge successfully unlocked the material's ability to carry current without resistance. Previously, graphene-derived superconductors required the use of superconducting additives. Unfortunately, these superconducting materials corrupted graphene's other qualities, super strength and flexibility. "Placing graphene on a metal can dramatically alter the properties so it is technically no longer behaving as we would expect," Cambridge scientist Angelo Di Bernardo said in a news release. "What you see is not graphene's intrinsic superconductivity, but simply that of the
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Scientists have found a way to turn graphene into a superconductor. Materials scientists at the University of Cambridge successfully unlocked the material's ability to carry current without resistance. Previously, graphene-derived superconductors required the use of superconducting additives. Unfortunately, these superconducting materials corrupted graphene's other qualities, super strength and flexibility. "Placing graphene on a metal can dramatically alter the properties so it is technically no longer behaving as we would expect," Cambridge scientist Angelo Di Bernardo said in a news release. "What you see is not graphene's intrinsic superconductivity, but simply that of the