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A Wood Product Stronger than Steel that Could Change the World

March 16, 2018 Tom Moreland and Shannon Kelleher, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service

Measuring one million times less than the width of a human hair, graphene is harder than diamonds and 200 times stronger than steel. Small, strong, and flexible, it is the most conductive material on earth and has the potential to charge a cell phone in just five seconds or to upload a terabit of...

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