In a major breakthrough, new research reveals that scientists have created muscle yarn that is 10 times thinner than human hair but can lift over 100,000 times its own weight. The hybrid yarn muscles are based on carbon nanotubes, which are hollow cylinders just one carbon atom thick like the layers of graphite. On their own, carbon nanotubes are about 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair but they can be 100 times stronger than steel, ...Friday, 23 November 2012
Super Strong Synthetic Muscles Created
In a major breakthrough, new research reveals that scientists have created muscle yarn that is 10 times thinner than human hair but can lift over 100,000 times its own weight. The hybrid yarn muscles are based on carbon nanotubes, which are hollow cylinders just one carbon atom thick like the layers of graphite. On their own, carbon nanotubes are about 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair but they can be 100 times stronger than steel, ...
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