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New Microscope Shows Nano-Fibre Formation

Posted by Hemos on from the from-the-ground-up dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "An article, with mpeg and avi movies, in Chemical and Engineering News describes how researchers from Danish high-tech firm Haldor Topsoe and the Danish Technical University have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of nano-research. With the help of a specially designed microscope, researchers can now directly observe carbon nano-fibre formation. This is a prelude to actually controlling the growth of the fibres, which up until now has been very problematic. The new microscope's impact is expected to have tremendous significance for the development of future electronic components, energy extraction, and environmental technology."

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  1. Title? by CleverNickedName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't that read "New Nanoscope Shows Nano-Fibre Formation"

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  2. Micro, Nano... Tecto? by smack_attack · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm just taking a wild guess with the subject, but does anyone know what comes after nano? Eventually we're going to get there and I wanted to know what the name was, maybe it's something cool like hyper or jigga.

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    1. Re:Micro, Nano... Tecto? by Alexis+Brooke · · Score: 1, Funny

      So, the scientists ran out of ideas for prefixes and just started naming them after the Marx brothers?

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  3. Re:Waving the National Flag by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny
    My knowledge on nano technology is very limited, but I just want congratulate the Danish scientist! It's great that we can keep up in this field considering that we are a relatively small country.

    First pastries and bacon, now this. Is there anything the Danish can't do?

  4. Re:mmmm by Molina+the+Bofh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you have a small nanotube ? Girls laugh at you ? No problem. You can make it grow... Fast.

    Your nanotube can grow up to 2-5 inches per month with our 100% natural and patented herbal carbon solution. No surgery needed, no risks. Thousands of happy customers around the globe. Just send me $50.

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  5. Bad step by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny
    This is the first step to nanobots successfully self-replicating, overrunning our feeble flesh and blood bodies in the quest for total world domination.

    I'm glad I moved my family up here to the hills.

  6. Re:Waving the National Flag by FePe · · Score: 2, Funny
    "First pastries and bacon, now this. Is there anything the Danish can't do?"

    Play American football...

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  7. Re:Implications of nano-technology by AtlanticGiraffe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bio-electricity? Fibers? Does this mean that when it'll be time to upgrade, you can just eat your old cpu?

    I can see the ads already... New Intel MyTanium - now with chocholate flavor!

  8. Re:Waving the National Flag by allanj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not much, but based on personal experience, having sex with more than three supermodels at a time seems just plain impossible.


    You're obviously not danish then...

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  9. Re:mmmm by tc9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just don't send us the AVI