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Cambridge Team Spins Nanotube Yarn

Posted by michael on from the rumpelstiltzkin dept.

FridayBob writes "They say it's bound to happen soon, although nobody knows exactly how and when. Well, perhaps the answer has arrived. It now seems as though some bright folks at the Cambridge-MIT Institute have figured out a way to continuously spin carbon nanotubes into a fiber. Will it be strong enough for a space elevator?" They're getting closer to commercialization (see older story) but not there yet...

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  1. Sudan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was wondering if my fellow lefties can help me out here. As you are aware, there is currently a huge humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Some would even call it genocide. I have no problem with that. But what I can't seem to figure out is how the United States is to blame, as we usually are at fault.

    Please advise. Thx.

    1. Re:Sudan by POWRSURG · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Some would even call it genocide. I have no problem with that.

      Wow! An Anonymous Coward that has no problem with genocide. What are the odds....

      /Yes, I understood what he meant.

    2. Re:Sudan by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Since I've got Karma to Burn- and this will certainly be modded down- the real answer lies in who is behind the Sudan genocide. It's an ISLAMIC government. And as we all know, corrupt islamic governments are proped up by the United States, so that we can continue to Pump That Oil out of the Holy Peninsula. Haven't you been listening to anything Ossama Bin Laden has been trying to tell you?

      --
      SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.