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Ultra-Strong Nanotube Composites

Posted by timothy on from the like-mighty-mouse dept.

TheMatt writes "In a story that makes you say "Cool!", Nicholas Kotov and co-workers have created a nanotube composite material six times stronger than carbon-fiber composites. Their final product is a crosslinked material which appears to be just as strong as silicon carbide and tantalum carbide!"

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  1. Try and imagine a... by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...beowulf clus^H^H^H^Hhey wait a minute shouldn't silicon be nice and soft???

    *Shrug* I should stop watching Baywatch while trolli^H^H^H^H^H^Hposting on /.

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