Natural Sciences

Nanotubes assemble! Rice introduces ‘Teslaphoresis’

Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call “Teslaphoresis.”

Nanotech pioneer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62

Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball, died from cancer in Houston. He was 62.