Carbon Nanotubes Can't Handle a Space Elevator

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 11:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Space According to new research, one flat could ruin the whole thing. Bummer. Carbon nanotubes probably aren't going to be our material solution for a space elevator. Researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute figured out that even a…

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