{"id":423997,"date":"2010-03-12T10:36:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=24601"},"modified":"2010-03-12T10:36:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:36:45","slug":"scientists-discover-new-way-to-generate-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/423997","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover New Way to Generate Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This animation of a rotating carbon nanotube shows its 3D structure. By Schwarzm, made with C4D\/Cartoonrenderer, GNU FDL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

By Michelle Bryner for TechNewsDaily.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Researchers have found a way to produce large amounts of electricity from tiny cylinders made from carbon atoms.<\/p>\n

The achievement could replace decades-old methods of generating electricity, such as combustion engines and turbines, the researchers say.<\/p>\n

In the future, coated carbon nanotubes crafted from individual atoms could power everything from cell phones to hybrid-electric vehicles. The team envisions such nanotube-based power being available to consumers in the next five years.<\/p>\n

Carbon nanotubes are thin sheets of carbon rolled up into teensy tubes each with a diameter about 30,000 times smaller than a strand of hair.<\/p>\n

When carbon \u2014 one of the most abundant elements on Earth \u2014 is rolled up into tubes, it exhibits some extraordinary properties such as high heat conduction, which the team exploited in the new study\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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