A carbon nanotube is tough—by some measures ... that are centimeters long and bundle them together to make a fiber that's nearly as strong as an individual nanotube. It's not quite time to ...

More information: Yongsheng Yang et al, A Strain Sensor for Multidirectional Deformation Detection Realized by Rolling Patterned Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes, ACS Sensors (2025).

Carbon fibers ... after the fiber recycling reaction chops the polymer into benzoic acid, which is then used as a food source for the fungus to produce a chemical called OTA ...