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World's Largest Nanotube Model

Posted by Zonk on from the better-than-a-ball-of-twine-i-guess dept.

darthpenguin writes "A group at Rice University has completed building the world's largest Nanotube model. Rice University is a leader in this revolutionary field involving nanotubes and buckyballs, which have the potential to revolutionize certain areas of science. The completed model, a full 360 meters in length, has been accepted by the Guinness Book of World Records."

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  1. Google's cache by anandpur · · Score: 4, Informative


    http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:gBFfSbPB4CEJ: blogs.rice.edu/nanotube+&hl=en&client=firefox-a

  2. Image by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The site's fried, but Rice University has an image of it (along with some guy's head) on their front page.

    http://www.rice.edu/nanotube04222005.jpg

  3. Re:Definition of Irony: NanoBong. by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, no, no. They'd make the world's largest model of the world's smallest joint. Sheeesh.

  4. Re:Guinness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It never really MEANT anything. It's just a book of trivia originally put together to solve heated disputes over trivia in pubs. It's rumored as an advertising gimmick for a quite famous Irish stout