World's Largest Nanotube Model

darthpenguin writes "A group at Rice University has completed building the world's largest Nanotube model. Rice University is a leader in this revolutionary field involving nanotubes and buckyballs, which have the potential to revolutionize certain areas of science. The completed model, a full 360 meters in length, has been accepted by the Guinness Book of World Records."

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[anandpur]

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:gBFfSbPB4CEJ: blogs.rice.edu/nanotube+&hl=en&client=firefox-a [64.233.187.104]

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[Anonymous Coward]

The site's fried, but Rice University has an image of it (along with some guy's head) on their front page.

http://www.rice.edu/nanotube04222005.jpg [rice.edu]

Re:Definition of Irony: NanoBong.

[aussie_a]

No, no, no. They'd make the world's largest model of the world's smallest joint. Sheeesh.

Re:Guinness

[Anonymous Coward]

It never really MEANT anything. It's just a book of trivia originally put together to solve heated disputes over trivia in pubs. It's rumored as an advertising gimmick for a quite famous Irish stout [guinness.ie]