Futuristic space elevator could get boost from new diamond thread

Friday, October 17, 2014 - 12:30 in Mathematics & Economics

A space elevator to transport people and goods into space has long been a dream. But now U.S. scientists have invented a diamond-based thread that could bring it closer to reality, Torah Kachur reports.

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