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Carbon nanotubes inside fruit flies

Nowadays it seems there's nothing that carbon nanotubes can't do. They are the modern day MacGyver, apparently able to save the world from any of the several plights that we are currently in danger from. Even more powerful, some say, than duct tape.

And now we know that fuit flies can quite safely ingest these nanotubes, and have pictures taken. But on a serious note this is another step on the path to being able to more accuratly detect diseases. One has to wonder however if there are engineering uses for this. Like, for instance, better ways to detect structural problems in bridges or other structures?

Saturday 20 October, 2007 07:57 AM

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