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Diamond Nanotubes Created

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the work-faster-to-get-my-space-elevator dept.

raxxy writes to tell us that researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne Nation Laboratory have taken the next step in nano development. Combining the process for 'growing' diamonds and the latest in carbon nanotubes has given birth to a diamond-nanotube composite. From the article: "Diamond has its drawbacks, however. Diamond is a brittle material and is normally not electrically conducting. Nanotubes, on the other hand, are incredibly strong and are also great electrical conductors, but harnessing these attributes into real materials has proved elusive. By integrating these two novel forms of carbon together at the nanoscale a new material is produced that combines the material properties of both diamond and nanotubes."

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  1. Wow!! by ki4iib · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude! Diamonds AND nanotubes!!! That's like, pirates AND ninjas!!!!!

  2. Thus, we result in... by Trip+Ericson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dinotubes.

    Thank you, I'll be here all next week.

  3. What better way to spend 99999months salary? by Thedeviluno · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a nano diamond ring, you cant see it but will you marry me?

  4. Re:Tubes by ectizen · · Score: 5, Funny
    with modern technology that could be solved, either by altering the rotation of the Earth or the orbit of the Moon


    I am intrigued by your notions of "modern technology" and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
  5. Re:I'm unimpressed. by sld126 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Step one. See if you can do it.
    Step two. See if you can control it.

    Each step is significant. Computational Physics isn't quite like REAL physics, is it? It's easier to do something on a computer than in real life.

    --
    You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
  6. Transcript of discovery by mpn14tech · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Scientist: Hey! You got nanotubes in my diamonds! Second Scientist: Hey! You got diamonds in my nanotubes!