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Graphene is a pretty amazing material. It’s been developed into filters that make dirty water drinkable. Scientists fed it to spiders and their webs became 5 times stronger. It can be used for bulletproof vests that become as hard as diamonds when hit. Its newest use? Hair dye! Chemical free black hair is being researched now.
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Australian scientists have created a water filter that can make dirty seawater drinkable after just one pass! The filter is made with Graphair, a type of graphene made from soybean oil. More than 2 billion people live without clean drinking water. The inexpensive filter could help provide safe, clean water for them!
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Graphene is a sheet of carbon atoms that looks like chicken wire. A pencil mark is made up of many graphene sheets stacked together. Physicists discovered that the atoms in graphene are constantly jiggling around. They hope to develop that motion into unlimited energy! Maybe one day your pencil will power your phone!
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