Post #1783825
2026-04-29 19:29 UTC
TIL someone invented Copper (Cu) nanotubes (NT) and did not pay attention what the combined abbreviation will be.
Replies (8)
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@jay_peper@chaos.social 2026-04-29 20:36
Src: Hannah Fry (frysquared) https://youtube.com/shorts/vUnPBKAFFI4
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@zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net 2026-04-29 19:36
@jay_peper Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent 😉
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@Chip_Unicorn@im-in.space 2026-04-29 20:11
@jay_peper Or someone spent years of their life developing nanotubes from copper BECAUSE of the abbreviation.
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@gsuberland@chaos.social 2026-04-29 20:12
@jay_peper I have seen it written as "CuNTs" in a real published paper. made me laugh.
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@jmax@mastodon.social 2026-04-29 20:24
@jay_peper or did they?
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@ann3nova@corteximplant.com 2026-04-29 20:24
@jay_peper Prolly a Brit...didn't notice.
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@g@irrelephant.co 2026-04-29 20:55
@jay_peper or they did
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@tarmil@mastodon.tarmil.fr 2026-04-29 22:38
@jay_peper "But can you make calcium nanotubes?" "I CaNT."