Graphene-based sensor to orchestrate firework display for a gallery opening

The UK's Whitworth Art Gallery reopened its doors, in a ceremony marked by a unique firework display.

Graphene Noble laureate Kostya Novoselov teamed up with an artist called Cornelia Parker to put together what was defined as the first cultural use of graphene: after collecting tiny graphene particles from some of the Whitworth’s most prized works, the artists created what they called a meteor shower, that to the rest of the viewers looked like a firework display.