Make plans to attend SciFest Dubai 2016 and celebrate science through art and culture in this free festival that features the theme Moonshot Thinking. Events include a visit by a cyborg artist, panel discussions, solar viewing, science-themed storytelling, planetarium shows and science-magic shows. Opens today and runs daily until November 7, free; sessions at Children's City have an entry fee of Dh20 per student, Mohammed bin Rashid Academic Medical Center, Healthcare City; Children's City in Dubai Creek Park, Dubai, www.scifestdubai.com
Get tickets for Krishan vs Kanhaiya. Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal presents a comedic play that tells the story of a shopkeeper who incurs huge losses when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake. Friday and Saturday, 8pm, from Dh200, Centrepoint Theatre, Ductac, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, www.platinumlist.net
Register to attend film screenings tomorrow at Warehouse421. First see the short The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375, then see the film Love, Theft and Other Entaglements. Tomorrow, 7.30pm to 10pm, free with registration, Warehouse421, Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, register at www.warehouse421.ae
Attend the Shop My Closet pre-loved pop-up boutique and find affordable pre-owned high-street and designer merchandise. Also enjoy polish changes, a taster menu and more. Tonight, 7pm to 10pm, free entry; Dh100 for the taster menu, Foundry restaurant, Southern Sun Hotel, Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/StyleFashionGlamour
See the exhibition Eye of the Beholder by the Wednesday Group Photographers International featuring images exploring the city, sea and Emirati people. Open 10am to 9pm, Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Bateen Area, Street 4, Villa 4/2, Abu Dhabi, 02 667 1229, www.etihadmodernart.com
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What is graphene?
Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged like honeycomb.
It was discovered in 2004, when Russian-born Manchester scientists Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov were "playing about" with sticky tape and graphite - the material used as "lead" in pencils.
Placing the tape on the graphite and peeling it, they managed to rip off thin flakes of carbon. In the beginning they got flakes consisting of many layers of graphene. But as they repeated the process many times, the flakes got thinner.
By separating the graphite fragments repeatedly, they managed to create flakes that were just one atom thick. Their experiment had led to graphene being isolated for the very first time.
At the time, many believed it was impossible for such thin crystalline materials to be stable. But examined under a microscope, the material remained stable, and when tested was found to have incredible properties.
It is many times times stronger than steel, yet incredibly lightweight and flexible. It is electrically and thermally conductive but also transparent. The world's first 2D material, it is one million times thinner than the diameter of a single human hair.
But the 'sticky tape' method would not work on an industrial scale. Since then, scientists have been working on manufacturing graphene, to make use of its incredible properties.
In 2010, Geim and Novoselov were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Their discovery meant physicists could study a new class of two-dimensional materials with unique properties.
Europe’s rearming plan
- Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
- Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
- Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
- Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
- Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
