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Graphene Conducts Electricity Ten Times Better Than Expected
ananyo writes "Physicists have produced nanoribbons of graphene — the single-atom-thick carbon — that conduct electrons better than theory predicted even for the most idealized form of the material (abstract). The finding could help graphene realize its promise in high-end electronics, where researchers have long hoped it could outperform traditional materials such as silicon. In graphene, electrons can move faster than in any other material at room temperature. But techniques that cut sheets of graphene into the narrow ribbons needed to form wires of a nano-scale circuit leave ragged edges, which disrupt the electron flow. Now a team led by physicist Walt de Heer at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta has made ribbons that conduct electric charges for more than 10 micrometres without meeting resistance — 1,000 times farther than in typical graphene nanoribbons. The ribbons made by de Heer's team in fact conduct electrons ten times better than standard theories of electron transport they should, say the authors."
The conductivity of graphene pales in comparison with Beta's ability to direct users away from Slashdot.
If it is only a handful of disgruntled anti-Beta posters, where did all the normal comments go?
I've used all my mod points on "Offtopic" today. I was fine with the protest until Slashdot responded and opened a discussion area for it. Now, if you want to discuss beta, go to the beta article. Other people who care will be there, too. Maybe you can even effect positive change.
Spamming every single discussion is, quite obviously, now Offtopic and other people with mod points seem to agree with me.
E pluribus unum
Probably here
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. -Benjamin Franklin
And we expected it to be pretty bad.
Fuck beta.