{"id":127631,"date":"2021-09-13T19:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/the-uk-just-launched-the-worlds-first-graphene-infused-road-upgrade"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:23:08","slug":"the-uk-just-launched-the-worlds-first-graphene-infused-road-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/the-uk-just-launched-the-worlds-first-graphene-infused-road-upgrade","title":{"rendered":"The UK Just Launched the World\u2019s First Graphene-Infused Road Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-uk-just-launched-the-worlds-first-graphene-infused-road-upgrade.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a press statement from the UK government, the work is described as a \u201cworld first.\u201d The material is being used as part of a trial, meaning that the UK government will keep a close eye on the newly-laid surface over the coming years to discern whether graphene can be used more widely to increase the durability and lifespan of roads.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The concept has been meticulously tested in labs, now it\u2019s time for a real-world application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press statement from the UK government, the work is described as a \u201cworld first.\u201d The material is being used as part of a trial, meaning that the UK government will keep a close eye on the newly-laid surface over the coming years to discern whether graphene can be used more widely to increase [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}