Academics

Columbia School of Mines in 1800s

Campus

A Lever Long Enough

April 25, 2014

by Mary C. Boyce

Graphene remains the strongest material ever measured and, as Professor Hone once put it, so strong that "it would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.”

Research

Even with Defects, Graphene Is Strongest Material in the World

May 31, 2013

by Holly Evarts