Nobel Prize in Physics For Discovery of Graphene

bugsbunnyak writes "The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for the discovery of graphene to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. Graphene is a novel one-atom-thick lattice state of carbon which has demonstrated unique quantum mechanical properties. These properties derive in part from the 2-dimensional nature of the material: quantum interactions are constrained to the effectively planar dimension of the lattice. Graphene holds promise for physical applications including touch screens, light cells, and potentially solar panels. Geim becomes the first scientist to achieve a Nobel prize despite earlier winning the highly-coveted Ig Nobel in 2000 for his studies of diamagnetic levitation — also known as The Flying Frog." Slashdot originally mentioned the frog almost exactly 10 years ago.

Comments

It doesn't make sense

[MarkRose]

I don't get it. How could they get the Nobel prize for this? Graphene is made out of carbon, and last I checked, carbon isn't one of the Nobel elements.

Re:It doesn't make sense

[Enderwiggin13]

Wish I could mod this funny...too bad all my mod points argon.

Re:It doesn't make sense

[Bemopolis]

That deserves a neon yer groin. Knock off the funny bismuth.

Re:It doesn't make sense

[Anonymous Coward]

Hold your tungsten.

Re:It doesn't make sense

[Chowderbags]

Bismuth be my lucky day. I no longer have to sulfur a life without puns!

Re:Or it might just be BS

[Joe Snipe]

Actually, sorry, the ultimate test for that is that Randi still has a 1 million dollars prize for whoever can demonstrate any paranormal abilities in a controlled setting. Aura reading does explicitly qualify, and has been tested ad nauseam before, only to turn out bunk every time.

Maybe the act of observing it destroys it's waveform