A world champion angler and an engineer who worked on heat shields for Nasa space shuttles say they have made the first fishing rod using graphene.
A form of carbon, graphene is many times stronger than steel.
It was discovered in 2004 by Sir Andre Geim and Sir Konstantin Novoselov – who were awarded the 2010 Nobel prize in physics for their work on the material.
Inverness-based angler Scott Mackenzie has worked with Oxfordshire-based Gary Savage on the rod….
BBC News 20/05/2016 Read the full article ‘Angler and space shuttle engineer claim world first for graphene fishing rod’
