Monday, July 16, 2007

Nanotubes strengthen artificial muscles

  • 11:37 14 July 2007
  • NewScientist.com news service

BEST known as the ultra-strong material that might one day form the cables of a "space elevator" capable of raising people into Earth orbit, carbon nanotubes also have a springy side. The discovery that nanotubes keep bouncing back after being compressed repeatedly means this exotic form of carbon may be just the thing to give artificial muscles some extra strength.


Completed article at NewScientist.com


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