You Can Make Graphene In Your Own Home. Here's How

Updated 7.26.16, 12:19 PM EDT by Sam Farahzad

If you have water, tape, tweezers and say…a microchip and some graphite crystals lying around your house, you can actually make graphene—this revolutionary new material that’s one atom thick, stronger than steel, tougher than a diamond, and is considered to be one of the most conductive materials on earth—in your own home.

For a step by step process, check out this video.

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