New Threadlike Carbon Nanotube Fiber Unveiled

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 14, 2013 @04:42AM from the threads-that-bind dept.

Zothecula writes "At about 100 times the strength of steel and a sixth the weight, with impressive electrical conductive properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have promised much since their discovery in 1991. The problem has been translating their impressive nanoscale properties into real-world applications on the macro scale. Researchers have now unveiled a new CNT fiber that conducts heat and electricity like a metal wire, is very strong like carbon fiber, and is flexible like a textile thread."

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the real roadblock by slashmydots · 2013-01-14 05:06 · Score: 0, Troll

They seem to suggest a generic reason for carbon nanotubes being perpetual vaporware for that long. I think it's primarily California deciding it definitely maybe causes cancer and preemptively banning it from just about anything.