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Graphene at 20: still no sign of the promised space elevator, but here’s how this wonder material is quietly changing the world (theconversation.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The main barrier to the Stan Lee stuff is just that we can't really manufacture it with any quality. The author really should have mentioned that. It sounds like they may have some personal stake in graphene, though, and could be going for "actually, it was a success all along".