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Graphite super lube works at micron scale - Scientists in China and Australia have used graphite to reduce the friction between two contact surfaces to an all time low. The work establishes the feasibility of applications for this phenomenon in microscale devices and reducing energy consumption. Reference: Z. Liu et al, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 108, 205503 (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.205503)