From invisibility cloaks to making graphene in a blender:...

From invisibility cloaks to making graphene in a blender: Scientists to reveal work on 'impossible' technologies at conference

• Some of Europe’s top researchers will address an audience of 2,000 at the Ted Conference in Brussels, Belgium to explain their 'high-risk' research
• Professor Jonathan Coleman, of Trinity College, Dublin, will show how graphene can be made in a kitchen blender with 'exfoliating liquid'
• Another expert will describe his 15-year quest to create an invisibility cloak using Einstein's theory of relativity and optical trickery
• The event will also focus on a tsunami simulator that could be used to design more resilient buildings and coral climate research

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Making the world’s thinnest material in a blender, simulating tsunamis and creating a cloak to render a person entirely invisible sound like ideas straight out of a sci-fi film.​

But scientists will today reveal their progress in turning these dreams into a reality.​

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Europe’s top researchers will address an audience of 2,000 at the Ted Conference in Brussels, Belgium, to present the fruits of their ‘high-risk, high-gain’ labours, which have received millions of euros in funding from the European Research Council.​

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The event will be live streamed at 13:15 GMT.​

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One scientist will show how the world's strongest material, graphene (an atomic-scale model is pictured), can be made in a kitchen blender at the TED Conference in Brussels, Belgium today​

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Last week, scientists announced that they had discovered a new property of graphene – the world’s thinnest and strongest material - that could trigger an electric car revolution​

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But in order to make use of the discovery, experts must first discover how to make industrial quantities of the 'wonder material', which could be used for everything from flexible touchscreens to condoms.​

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