It is mega-strong, ultralight and superstretchy, and if things work out, the wonder material could change many aspects of human existence — starting with people's sex lives.
Safer and sensually superior condoms may not have been the first thing on the minds of the Nobel-winning team at the University of Manchester that isolated graphene a decade ago in England, but they may be an early eye-catching use of the new one-atom-thick material.
Billed as potentially the most important discovery of this century, graphene — the thinnest material on Earth and 200 times stronger than steel — is also exciting researchers around the world, who are exploring its use in everything from electronics to nanotech drug delivery.