Uh, right.

This is a really cool breakthrough.

"A layer of carbon has been manufactured in a film only one atom thick . . . The graphene membrane has proved to be so stable that it holds together in vacuums and at room temperature. All other known materials oxidise, decompose and become unstable at sizes ten times the thickness. Kostya Novoselov, of the University of Manchester, said that its main applications were expected to be in vastly increasing the speed at which computers could make calculations and in researching new drugs. The membrane could also be used as a microscopic sieve to separate gases into their constituent parts." Fox News article.

This is all well and good, but I removed part of the first sentence. The entire sentence is reprinted below:

A layer of carbon has been manufactured in a film only one atom thick that defies the laws of physics.

Uh, no. It doesn't actually defy the laws of physics. Rather, our understanding of physics was not sufficiently accurate. The fantastic thing about science is that when our understanding isn't accurate, scientists incorporate the new data into our understanding and our knowledge grows.