NASA Funds 'Miracle Polymer'

by Amit Asaravala Wired News, 27 Apr 2005 NASA will pay Rice University $11 million over the next four years to develop an experimental power cable made from carbon nanotubes, the agency announced Tuesday. The cable, also known as a quantum wire, would theoretically conduct electricity up to 10 times better than traditional copper wire and weigh one-sixth as much. Read the article