Scissors beats paper and now paper beats steel! Scientists have created a new type of paper that looks like ordinary carbon paper but it's a lot better! This new revolutionary paper is called buckypaper. Buckypaper is 10 times lighter than regular paper but can be 500 times stronger when it is stacked and pressed together. This paper could change, (for the better), the way we make airplanes, televisions and so much more! It is made from tube-shaped molecules that are 50,000 times thinner than human hair! Buckypaper conducts electricity like copper and silicon and disperses heat like brass or steel.
Wade Adams, a scientist from Rice University, said, "All those things are what a lot of people in nanotechnology have been working toward as sort of Holy Grails."
There is a lot of hype about buckypaper improving things for us in the future. People from Florida State University are making progress with it so it can become a reality. But for now buckypaper can only live up to some of its standards and can only be sold in small amounts for high prices.
To me this "buckypaper" sounds insanely amazing! I think it's so cool that scientists never run out of things to invent to make our computers faster and our TV's better. I can't wait until it can live up to its full potential and it starts getting put to use!
I got this info from: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/17/buckypaper.invention.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText
I got this pic from: http://www.bfi.org/images/content/geodesics/buckypaper2.png
