LISBON (Reuters Life!) - A century-old pencil factory in Portugal, struggling to keep up with today's needs, says it has invented a new type of paint from the graphite used in pencils that may change ...

Graphite is a unique element with special qualities beyond its use in pencils. It’s a fantastic conductor of electricity, as well as extremely heat resistant, withstanding temperatures of over 3,000 ...

Graphite is a unique element with special qualities beyond its use in pencils. It’s a fantastic conductor of electricity, as well as extremely heat resistant, withstanding temperatures of over 3,000 ...

Sometimes affection sprouts up in unexpected forms. Sometimes a core of graphite mixed with clay and encased in a tube of wood can surprise you. It hooked me, anyway. From Pencils You Should Know: A ...

Jim Weissenborn’s family has been making pencils in Jersey City for 150 years. In a three-story factory overlooking the Hudson River, 60 employees of General Pencil Co. use a century-old process to ...

KESWICK, England — In the early days of the space race, America’s greatest scientific minds spent untold hours and countless dollars developing a ballpoint pen that would work in the weightlessness of ...