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Carbon nanotubes seem to be the real life version of chemical vat accidents or radiation exposure in comic books.

I think they also fed some carbon nanotubes to a spider and managed to get stronger silk. Like what's going on here?

I'm hoping that the scientists involved know what they are doing because from a layman perspective it just looks like carbon nanotubes can be added to anything to give it super powers.




> carbon nanotubes can be added to anything to give it super powers.

I am fairly certain the super power nanotubes give your lungs is cancer.

Which is a super power in a way.

But super-powered lungs tend not to function so well.


Yep. Inhaling carbon nanotubes has similar effects on the lungs as inhaling asbestos from what I've heard


Graphene as well: there's a running gag that adding graphene makes everything better, except for products.

So like every battery breakthrough that's ever been announced, I'll applaud, and then ignore it until I have one in my pocket. The lithium batteries we have right now are Goodenough, after all.




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