MIT researchers' graphene breakthrough promises microprocessors one million times faster

Roland Moore-Colyer
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Technique to slow down the speed of light with graphene to create an "optical boom"

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim to have developed a technique for using graphene that could lead to the development of microprocessors that can run up to one mi...

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