Although very small, a carbon nanotube can pack a lot of punch, and researchers at MIT who have been working with this technology are making breakthroughs that could lead to a new cheap, clean power source with minimal impact on the environment. In a paper published in Nature Materials this month, MIT researcher Michael Strano explains how these...Read more »
MIT scientists discovered a radical new way to produce, store and move electricity using carbon nanotubes a billionth of a meter wide to produce thermopowered waves that can transport electrical charges. The result is basically a recreation of the same techiques ocean waves employ to pick up, collect and carry debris along the water's surface. Preliminary experiments show...Read more »