Nanotube Fibers Shock Everyone With 10x Electrical Conductivity & 100x Strength Than Steel!
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Engineers at the Rice University in association with Israel's Technion University &Â Air Force Research Laboratory have developed the nanotube fibers (see picture) with totally unique and awesome properties: 10x the electrical conductivity of the graphite fibers and whooping 100x the strength of steel. But that's not enough - the graphite fibers are brittle while the new nanotube fibers are flexible like your cotton thread. The team's already imagining possible uses in the automobile, aerospace and medical equipment industries.
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The fibers took about a decade in the making. The research team says that the fibers are 1/6th the weight of steel and have heat & electrical conductivity to rival the metal conductors. These can act as light-activated semiconductors, drug-delivery devices and even sponges to soak up oil!
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