FLASH 1 (IMAGE) Rice University Caption A $5.2 million Army Corps of Engineers grant will expand Rice University efforts to recycle waste into valuable products through flash Joule heating. In an early experiment shown here, carbon black is “flashed” into graphene. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.