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Jan. 25, 2013
Turning Girl Scout Cookies Into Graphene
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Researchers at Rice University in Houston have discovered a cheap source of the wonder material graphene: baked goods. Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of The Annals of Improbable Research, talks about how to transform a box of Girl Scout cookies into $15 billion worth of the carbon-based substance—in theory, at least.
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Marc Abrahams
Editor and Co-founder, Annals of Improbable Research
Founder and Master of Ceremonies, Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
Weekly Columnist, The Guardian
Boston, Massachusetts
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