Re: Nanotubes as Tiny Bar-Magnets

On 28 Nov 2003 07:22:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sanman) wrote:

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>Here's an article about graphitic carbon being turned magnetic:
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>http://focus.aps.org/story/v12/st20
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>Apparently, proton-irradiation can cause this.
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This is offered, as is virtually every other obscure nanotube
development, as a potential cure for cancer. This drone of wolf-crying
"cure for cancer" will surely become counter-productive, if it isn't
already.

The cure for cancer begins with understanding cancer, not making tiny,
weak magnets. In that small particulates are nasty stuff to get in
your lungs, nanotubes are more likely to cause cancer than cure it.

John