MIT just invented one of the strongest, lightest materials known to man

The bright minds at MIT are always cooking up new technologies, so to hear that they invented a new material that's stronger than steel isn't even all that surprising, but what's particularly interesting it that they managed to also make it far lighter than almost everything else. The team of scientists used an extremely common element to create it: Carbon. Researchers have long known how strong carbon can be when it's arranged in the right way. Graphene, which essentially an extremely thin shee...