• @davidgro
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    78 months ago

    Nanotubes are still a thing, but most of the hype now seems to be around ‘buckysheets’ (graphene)

    • @mriguy
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      128 months ago

      There’s an old saying: “Graphene is so versatile it can do anything except leave the laboratory”.

      • @[email protected]
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        48 months ago

        To paraphrase one of society’s less brilliant thinkers, “Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?”

    • @someacnt_
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      38 months ago

      I heard that nanotubes are being used in strengthening various materials. But yeah, not world-changing