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Carbon Nanotubes Just Might Rock the World
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffff00;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d11b0663-c984-446e-8959-25ba53917e84/B44E9EE1-40C9-43A1-B86E-DEDAD16177B8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=" href="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=" style="font-size: 11px;">discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">9 Ways Carbon Nanotubes Just Might Rock the World</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C="><P class="imgcapleft"><IMG alt="" src="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/nanotube-plone-image.jpg" class="inline" /></p> <P>Oh carbon nanotubes, is there anything you can't do?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">9. X-traordinary X-rays</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">But <A href="http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/23107/" class="external-link">the new system</A> uses an array of carbon nanotubes that emit hundreds of electrons simultaneously</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">8. Helping the Hydrogen Car</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">a <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/06/carbon-nanotubes-could-replace-platinum-and-lead-to-affordable-hydrogen-cars/" class="external-link">more efficient and more compact catalyst</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">7. Diagnosis Via Nanotube</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">have <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507094308.htm" class="external-link">created a biosensor</A> that can diagnose yeast infections</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">6. The Smallest Chips in the Land</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=">"unzip" carbon nanotubes to produce <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/16/unzip-a-carbon-nanotube-get-a-nanoribbon-revolutionize-electronics/" class="external-link">atom-thick ribbons of graphene</A></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=" href="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=" style="font-size: 11px;">discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">5. Turn It Up!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">flexible, <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/05/paper-thin-nanotube-speakers-can-turn-up-the-volume/" class="external-link">paper-thin loudspeakers</A> out of nanotube sheets</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">4. 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Space Elevator, Going Up</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">nanotube ropes to act as cables for a <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/22/japanese-group-pushes-for-9-billion-22000-mile-space-elevator/" class="external-link">space elevator</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">1. Tumor Blitz</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=">the tumors shrank and completely <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803104809.htm" class="external-link">disappeared in 80 percent of the mice</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B44E9EE1-40C9-43A1-B86E-DEDAD16177B8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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