James Tour has been working with researchers in Hungary, Slovenia and India. He says his team will continue testing graphene. The team also is working with private companies to develop it for use in industry. That makes researcher Changsheng Xiang happy. He says such materials engineered on such a small level are easy to ignore, but they are very important.

“Nanotechnology really affects peoples’ lives, even though you cannot see it with your eyes.”

I’m Christopher Cruise.

Finally, October 30th marks the birth anniversary of the second president of the United States, John Adams. He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on this date in 1735.

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