Nanotubes could make superstrong chips

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*Source: New Scientist (http://www.newscientisttech.com/arti...e-news_rss20)*
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FROM space elevator cables to television screens and fuel cell electrodes, there is scarcely an unclaimed application for carbon nanotubes.

Now microprocessor giant Intel wants to use them to extend the life of its chips. In a patent published last week (www.tinyurl.com/35hkar (http://www.tinyurl.com/35hkar)), Intel reveals how nanotubes' strength and heat-dissipating properties can be used to reinforce the conducting copper tracks that connect millions of transistors together.

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