March 17, 2016
DUBAI // The Burj Al Arab in Dubai and Yas Viceroy hotel in Abu Dhabi went green on Thursday in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.
Dubai’s Global Village also lit up in celebration of Ireland’s National Day.
The Burj has gone green on March 17 for six consecutive years.
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Graphene is extracted from graphite and is made up of pure carbon.
It is 200 times more resistant than steel and five times lighter than aluminum.
It conducts electricity better than any other material at room temperature.
It is thought that graphene could boost the useful life of batteries by 10 per cent.
Graphene can also detect cancer cells in the early stages of the disease.
The material was first discovered when Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were 'playing' with graphite at the University of Manchester in 2004.