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NASA Wins Nanotechnology Award

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the good-show dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "NASA is rarely associated with nanotechnologies. But one of its researchers working at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center just received a Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 award for a manufacturing process for high-quality carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Because of its ability to produce bundles of CNTs without using a metal catalyst, this method is simpler, safer, and cheaper than current ones. The CNTs produced by this process are also purer and well suited for medical applications."

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  1. Really small display cabinet by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    You need a really small display cabinet to show off your nano technology awards.

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  2. acronym question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA is usually pronounced nassa, not en-ey-ess-ey
    SCSI is usually pronounced scuzzy, not ess-see-ess-ai
    etc.

    So how is CNT pronounced in mixed company?
    I'm actually serious.

  3. Obligatory by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    YAY NASA! Go inanimate carbon rod!

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  4. Re:How long until someone whines.... by Futile+Rhetoric · · Score: 1, Funny
    And there's nothing amusing or dramatic about lobbing a circuit-board on wheels at Mars

    Beagle II would like to have a word with you.