Japanese Scientists Combine Bacteria and Graphene

If you thought that graphene concepts like space elevators, inflatable airplane wings and paper-thin bulletproof body armor were the stuff of science fiction, prepare to have your perspective adjusted. 

Scientists in Japan are now combining graphene oxide with bacteria to pioneer experimental cancer therapy. 

You read that correctly. The main ingredients are graphene and bacteria, and the resulting cocktail attacks cancer from multiple fronts, including stimulating a natural immuno-response. 

"CPT(chemotherapy drug camptothecin) delivers localized chemotherapy, GO (graphene oxide) intensifies heat-based tumor destruction, and CA (Cutibacterium acnes) components activate immune defenses. Together, these effects provide a highly promising cancer treatment," explained Professor Eijiro Miyako, of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)

This combination of living and artificial elements has shown great potential in the development of new and novel cancer-killing agents, and offers a glimpse of the future for medical science. 

Graphene: The Universal Ingredient

It also highlights something we’ve long known about graphene: It is among the most, if not the most versatile material known to man, and possesses an uncanny ability to radically improve almost anything it touches, regardless of the application. 

For some time now, I’ve been writing about graphene’s effect on another sector—rechargeable batteries. 

Perhaps not as exotic as a bacteria/graphene hybrid, graphene has nevertheless completely changed the math in terms of battery performance. 

Before I get to the actual numbers, it’s important to note that you have not yet seen true graphene-based batteries on the market. 

I know this, because there are none in existence. 

What you’ve seen advertised as ‘graphene batteries’ are actually graphene-enhanced batteries, where graphene stands in for non-critical components of standard lithium-ion batteries. 

Don't Believe All The Graphene Hype

It helps with heat management and durability, without a doubt, but when it comes to improvements in performance, these are marginal at best. 

Now, take the actual lithium components of lithium-ion batteries and replace them with graphene, and the results are somewhat eye-popping. 

3-5 times the charge capacity.

3-5 times the service life. 

Up 70 times the charge speed. 

Put that into real world terms, and a graphene battery could give an electric vehicle a range of greater than 1500 miles, an expected lifespan of more than one million miles, all while charging to 100% in less time than it takes to pump half a tank of gas. 

Just imagine spending 1 minute per month charging your car, or 1 minute per week charging your phone or laptop. 

And all this with no fire risk and no risk of spontaneous catastrophic failure — something that’s plagued lithium batteries since their very advent.

These aren’t just improvements. These are game-changers. 

With charge delay and energy density being two of the biggest hurdles to adoption for prospective EV buyers, the graphene batteries could be the turning point for the electric car industry. 

Can Graphene Conquer A $300B A Year Industry? One Australian Company is Betting On It

Size and weight limitations were also the key factor keeping electric aircraft from challenging the fossil fuel-powered establishment. 

Within just a few years, all of that could change. 

At the the moment, there is one company leading the graphene battery charge. 

It’s based in Australia, and their batteries are already rolling off the assembly lines in limited early production runs. 

By this time next year, they could start appearing in consumer tech products. 

Total sector-wide disruption of the global lithium-ion industry could well follow. 

Smart investors are already looking into this firm, especially now that the tariff wars have bottomed out most tech stocks. 

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