Post #2008090
2026-04-27 23:55 UTC
Fascinating short video about Copper nanotubes by Dr Hannah Fry
This could video could benefit from alt text as it displays an image without explanation.
The thing is that nanotubes is generally abbreviated to NT. The symbol for Copper is Cu. Bear in mind that English is not the first language of the Chinese scientists who wrote this paper. They could have abbreviated Copper nanotubes to NTCu, but instead they decided to put Copper first. So we now have CuNTs as the abbreviation.
https://youtube.com/shorts/vUnPBKAFFI4?si=Srji2Annd6YvyrN7
#Science #HannahFry
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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-04-28 00:07
@stgm@aus.social oh jeez yeah the precedent has been set. It's AuNP for gold nanoparticles, CNT for carbon nanotubes, so now we have CuNTs
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@ozeng@aus.social 2026-04-28 00:10
@stgm@aus.social new insult just unlocked