Posted on 05/16/2004 6:52:43 AM PDT by KevinDavis
Researchers from the University of Florida have found a way to make minuscule test tubes from carbon and silica nanotubes. Nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of atoms that can measure less than 1 nanometer in diameter, and carbon nanotubes occur naturally in soot. A nanometer is the span of 10 hydrogen atoms.
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Next week, nano-bunsen burners and nano-goggles for the nano-lab students.
This is probably a hoax. Has anyone SEEN one of these things?;^)
I don't know. I went to a seminar on nanotech last week. They can detect substances down to a single molecule. They may even find a test for alzheimers(right now confirmation is through post-mortem). This could really change lab technology someday.
The Space Elevator, mentioned in previous posts, would be constructed of "ropes" of nanotubes! You might want to read "Dragon's Egg" by Robert Forward. The is an interesting application of nanotechnology by the nano beings that inhabit a neutron star!
If you see one let me know. I seem to have misplaced my 10 hydrogen atoms. I bet that's where they are.
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