One of Korea’s largest industrial conglomerates in working with a spinoff from Michigan State University to explore commercial potentials for graphene nanoplatelets, a nanomaterial discovered and developed by MSU.

University of California (Riverside) researchers may have taken the next giant step in using graphene for new heat-resisting materials to keep laptops and other electronic devices from overheating. The key is a new graphene structure that is less expensive and easier to produce, and that can be incorporated with silicon.

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Lab (Westerville, Ohio) have developed porous glass ‘microballoons’ that can be affixed with nanoscale pores to provide a number of intriguing possibilities for carrying volatile materials across long distances safely.