A graphene membrane makes sea water drinkable

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Water covers most of the planet but is full of salt: difficult to make it drinkable. Today graphene (we all know its great properties) could provide a solution to the problem. A team of researchers from the University of Manchester has developed a special membrane equipped with 'scalable' pores and capable of filtering even the most infinitesimal salts. Current salinization plants operate slowly and laboriously. On the contrary, graphene behaves like a real sponge that absorbs… Read more

The graphene and gold patch for diabetics arrives

Technology for the medical field is increasingly cutting edge. And for chronic diseases such as diabetes, giant strides are being made: today we present this high-tech patch in graphene and gold, designed specifically for diabetics. As we know, diabetics must monitor their blood glucose levels daily and possibly inject a dose of insulin, and this is an operation that requires a lot of time, energy and money. A team of Korean and American researchers thought… Read more

Graphene prodigies: charged electric cars in 16 seconds, now you can

If I asked 10 of you readers what in your opinion is the biggest problem that hinders the large-scale diffusion of electric cars, probably 3 of you would blame the oil lobbies (it's a sin to think badly but you're not often wrong) and 7 of you would blame conventional batteries, which take too long to charge. Well, you're all right. Graphene supercapacitors, however, are a more than concrete promise to solve the problem: they are… Read more

10 sleep gadgets of the future

A restful sleep! We all want it and it's good. A little technology and the goal immediately becomes within reach (even if not everything is for all budgets)