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True properties of carbon nanotubes measured

August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | User comments: 2

For more than 15 years, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the flagship material of nanotechnology. Researchers have conceived applications for nanotubes ranging from microelectronic devices to cancer therapy. Their atomic ...


Turning Waste Material into Ethanol

August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | User comments: 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from researchers at the U.S. ...