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New diamond nanothreads may let scientists build space elevator

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2014 | 10:50 am Europe Diamond 

[caption id="attachment_800731" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Artist rendition of how a space elevator would look like.[/caption] American scientists from Penn State University have discovered how to produce ultra-thin diamond nanothreads, a sort of strong carbon nanotubes, which could prove to be stronger...

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