The World's Longest Carbon Nanotube 142
Roland Piquepaille writes "As you probably know, carbon nanotubes have very interesting mechanical, electrical and optical properties. The problem, currently, is that they're too small (relatively speaking) to be of much use. Now, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a process to build extremely long aligned carbon nanotube arrays. They've been able to produce 18-mm-long carbon nanotubes which might be spun into nanofibers. Such electrically conductive fibers could one day replace copper wires. The researchers say their nanofibers could be used for applications such as nanomedicine, aerospace and electronics."
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One nanotube: two birds (Score:5, Funny)
Voila! No more global warming!
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Perhaps 18 mm stands for... 18 million miles?
As Mork would say... (Score:3, Funny)
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ZOMG BOYKOTT R0L4ND!1! (Score:5, Funny)
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Forget space. I just want my flying car they promised me ten years ago.
18 mm... Great! (Score:4, Funny)
My microtube is bigger than your nanotube (Score:4, Funny)
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