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Dark matter is thought to outnumber regular matter by a factor of five to one – so why can’t we find the stuff? A new study proposes looking for it from space, using a satellite containing a levitating piece of graphite and a laser.

Scientists have concluded that the great mountain ranges of the world produced by the collision of Earth's tectonic plates reached their great heights thanks to lubricating graphite, which resulted from an abundance of ancient ocean life.

Using waste hemp fibers as the starting material, researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors at one thousandth the cost of the more commonly used graphene.

Researchers have extracted graphene flakes using a kitchen blender and liquid soap. With their low-tech experiment, the team at Trinity College Dublin may have helped to usher in the industrial production of the super-lightweight, super-strong, super-conductive material.

Scientists at Stanford University have found a new way of creating artificial diamonds out of graphite (the material in your pencil leads), without applying external pressure of any sort.

Aerographite is now officially the world's lightest solid material, beating out metallic microlattice and aerogel.

A new discovery regarding a naturally-occurring lubricating layer on artificial hip joints could lead to longer-lasting prosthetic hips.

Researchers have found a way to control ripples in graphene sheets, making graphene-based chips one step closer to reality.