Researchers at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST have created composite materials using graphene that are up to 500 times stronger than the raw, non-composite material. This is the first time that graphene has been successfully used to create strong composite materials and due to the tiny amounts of graphene used just 0.00004% by weight this breakthrough could lead to much faster commercial adoption than pure graphene, which is still incredibly hard to produce in large quantities.
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Riddhi Pratap Rana confesses that around a decade back, he used to be a drug addict. Yet today, as a clean man, he runs a successful drugs and alcohol rehabilitation center in Kathmandu Valley. "As an ex-user, I felt that it was my duty to open a center that understood the reality of drug addiction" says Mr. Riddhi. Under his initiation the Maya Nepal Rehabilitation Center was established in February, 2006. The center is situated around 6Km South of Kathmandu City at Harisiddhi, Lalitpur. [caption id="attachment_2910" align="alignnone" width="777"] Mr. Riddhi Pratap Rana, standing besides the Maya Nepal building.[/caption] Maya Nepal operates as a regist ered Non-Government Organization (NGO). "Drugs and alcohol rehabilitation can't be done by those who consider profit to be their primary motive" says Krishna Man Maharjan, a senior staff at the center. Hundreds of people have managed to recover from their alcohol or drug addiction...
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