carbon nanotubes
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Carbon Nanotubes Found In Human Lungs For The First Time
What’s that up your nose? Researchers have found carbon nanotubes lurking in the lungs of children in Paris, marking the first time the tiny tubes have been observed in humans.
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TNT-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Could Generate Future Electricity
Light the touchpaper and stand well back, because we’re about to… make sustainable electricity? That’s the idea according to a researcher from MIT, whose vision for future power generation involves a healthy dose of TNT.
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Tiny Copper And Carbon Nanotube Wires Increase Current Flow 100 Fold
Researchers in Japan have developed an incredibly thin wire — just half a micrometre in diameter — made from a new composite material composed of traditional copper and those new fangled carbon nanotubes. But what makes this creation particularly awesome is that the new wire allows over 100 times more current to flow than a…
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Australian Scientists Find New Way To Turn Plastic Bags Into Supermaterial
Have you ever had a roommate who saves plastic grocery bags just in case they ever have the need to reuse the dang things? Like, hundreds of plastic grocery bags? Well, thanks to Australian engineers, those extra bags can not only have a purpose, they can become technology of the future.