"Scientists spin carbon nanotube threads on industrial scale  ""We finally have a nanotube fiber with properties that don't exist in any other material,"" said lead researcher Matteo Pasquali of Rice University. ""It looks like black cotton thread but behaves like both metal wires and strong carbon fibers."" The thread has ten times the tensile strength of steel and is as conductive as copper, but is flexible enough to be wound around a spool or woven. The team envisages it being used in ""smart"" clothing and the aerospace industry, and says that its properties will be of particular use to electronics manufacturers.""  (via openscience)"