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Graphene May be the New Silicon
esocid writes to share that University of Maryland physicists have demonstrated that the material of the future may be graphene rather than silicon. Electricity conduction through graphene is about 100 times greater than that of silicon and could offer many improvements to things like computer chips and biochemical sensors. "Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, is a new material which combines aspects of semiconductors and metals. [...] A team of researchers led by physics professor Michael S. Fuhrer of the university's Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, and the Maryland NanoCenter said the findings are the first measurement of the effect of thermal vibrations on the conduction of electrons in graphene, and show that thermal vibrations have an extraordinarily small effect on the electrons in graphene."
I'm going to say... no. I read a bunch of them and it just doesn't have the genius spark xkcd has. The art is horrid. While xkcd seems to have a style to it, f8d looks like that's just being used because someone tried to "pretty up" stick figures. Some of the xkcd stuff, especially the early stuff, shows that he really can draw. I didn't get that sense from f8d.
None of the comics I read made me laugh. There was a "huh... that's kinda cute" about some of them though.
I'd say if you think f8d is better, then you just don't get xkcd. Some people don't. I've shown it to people and they have no idea why it would be funny.
It's either a very pale imitation of xkcd, or nothing like it and the comparison just does them both a disservice.
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