This week I was honored to be invited to Dr. Tour’s weekly lab meeting with all of his researchers. Each researcher gave an update on how their research is progressing and received input from Dr. Tour. I’m not sure, but I imagine a few ideas were discussed in the meeting that were million dollar ideas. Present at the meeting were also researchers from Stanford University. All of the research involved Graphene. Graphene could be the substance that changes the world as we know it. The possible applications and uses of graphene seem endless. Of particular interest to me the research regarding PFAS. PFAS is a compound found in many items such as Teflon, sunblock, carpet, and many other materials. It is now being labeled as “Forever” chemicals. Basically, these chemicals are not eliminated so they accumulate in their environment, including humans. PFAS is being found in everything including snow flakes in Antartica. The solution: It turns out that using the method of Flash Joule heating, PFAS can be made into graphene. Then the graphene is used to capture PFAS which can create a continual positive cycle of making and using graphene from contaminated water. So, many other world changing applications are being researched including CO2 capture, battery technology, and cancer research.