"Strong, versatile little "nanotubes" made out of carbon are considered future stars in nanotechnology research in medicine and industry. Now a study finds that longer threads of the stuff mimic the toxic qualities of asbestos, renewing questions about how carbon nanotubes can be used safely.

Researchers with British institutes and the U.S.-based Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies injected mice with asbestos and with commercial samples of carbon nanotubes of varying sizes. When they examined the lining of the rodents' abdominal cavities, the researchers observed that longer nanotubes behaved like asbestos, provoking inflammation and lesions."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/nanotechnology_asbestos

>>	Junior Field Reporter 08/05/21(Wed)06:44 No.6596   File: 1211377496210.jpg -(706154 B, 2080x1600) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. >>6594 And another property of carbon nanorods - they're harder than Diamond. So there's another meme DESTROYED. Pic related.