Episode 18: Nanocomp bought by Huntsman, has contract with NASA

Nanocomp was founded in 2004 by a trio of researchers in Lebanon, who figured out a better way to get carbon atoms to join together and form tubes a billionth of a meter in length, in what is known as the nanometer scale, and then convincing these tubes to line up in ways that let them transfer mechanical or electrical energy in useful form.

 

Read the story: https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2018/10/31/after-succeeding-in-space-n-h-firm-wants-to-bring-carbon-nanotubes-down-to-earth/