Nanotubes sniff out rotting fruit, your dorm room might be next

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Posted: 05-02-2012 07:58

Our favorite ultra-skinny molecules have performed a lot of useful functions over the years, but keeping fruit flies away was never one of them. Now MIT scientists, with US Army funding, have discovered a way to give these nanotubes the canine-like sense of smell needed to stop produce spoilage and...

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