Boron nanotubes beat carbon at its own game
By Paul Miller 
posted Jan 6th 2008 3:04AM
posted Jan 6th 2008 3:04AM
If 2007 was the year of the carbon nanotube, it looks like 2008 could be the year for boron nanotubes to shine. Carbon nanotubes have been sprouting up in all sorts of tech that requires strong building blocks and fast electronics at the microscopic scale, but boron nanotubes, which were discovered in 2004, are looking even better at electronics, while matching carbon in the strength department. Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China have proved in simulation that the boron nanotubes can have variable electrical properties, which could make boron the jack of all trades at the nano scale, but that's about as far as we go with this whole "science" thing. Bill Nye would be so disappointed in us.
"These tubes are entirely too small to pass internet traffic." ... Sen Ted Stevens(D)AK
I miss Bill Nye.. used to watch him all the time :\
i second that...being all grown up now, even if he came out w/ a show that was oriented to kids like his old PBS show, i'd still watch it
Too bad boron's a bit more toxic than carbon. Oh wells, it'll be insulated, right?
Molten Boron! Nobody doesn't like Molten Boron!
Carbon NanoTubes = CNTs
Boron NanoTubes = BNTs
Bismuth NanoTubes = BiNTs
Copper NanoTubes = ?
Nice...
Or Plutonium NanoTubes?
Or how about
Gold NanoTube's Copper Nano Tubes