This material is ten times stronger than steel

It's been 15 years since the discovery of graphene, a super thin sheet of carbon that is thought to be the strongest material in the world.

But while graphene is many times stronger than steel, its conversion into a usable material for architecture has been very difficult.

Turning two dimensional graphene in a three-dimensional structure, such as building blocks has been difficult because he "wants to stay in two-dimensional structure.

But this could change thanks to scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Using computer modeling, scientists have developed a new material, still without a name, similar to a sponge that has 5% of the density of steel and 10 times stronger. This raises the hope that it will be an ideal material for architecture in the future.

"We can use this material as a substitute for a range of materials used in infrastructure, such as bridges, or as a substitute for steel and concrete," says CNN, Zhao Qin, MIT engineer.

Graphene was discovered in 2002 by a physics professor Andrew Geim of the University of Manchester.