2 physicists in Britain win Nobel
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 11:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Russian expatriates Andre Geim and Konstatin Novoselov share the prize for physics for the discovery of graphene, expected to have a profound effect in the electronics industry and beyond.Two Russian expatriates working in Britain have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery of graphene, a two-dimensional layer of carbon molecules whose unexpected properties promise to revolutionize the electronics industry, the production of lightweight materials and a host of other applications.