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04/28/2024 12:39:41 am

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Carbon nanotubes

Super silk factories

Silkworms Fed Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes Spin Incredibly Strong ‘Super Silk ‘

The method described in the study provides an easy way to produce high-strength silk fibers on a large scale.

Breakthrough

Berkeley Labs Develops Smallest Transistor Gate Ever at 1 Nanometer

Engineers have been trying for over a decade to decrease the size of this gate and those at Berkeley Lab at last succeeded.

Spider Web

Spiders Sprayed with Graphene Create 'Superstrong Silk'

The graphene or carbon nanotubes make the material tougher and turn the silk into a superior one with remarkable uses.

Types of carbon nanotubes

Pores in Carbon Nanotubes Make Big Impact

The nanotube porins could eventually be used as a foundation for novel biosensors and DNA sequencing applications.

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