No need to worry about the potential toxicity of carbon nanotubes making their way into the food chain any more; researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that nanotubes are biodegraded in the presence of a natural enzyme found in horseradish. That’s one less thing to beef about, then. [via KurzweilAI]
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Worst. Pun. Ever. 😉
I don’t think WordPress supports an ‘abashed’ emoticon.
Spider (Robinson) senses tingling…
Someone needs to be fired for the “beef about” thing…immediately. 🙂
As for the story, eh. Sounds weird…how was this discovered anyway? Someone eating lunch while experimenting?
Sorry Mr Sleuth, but the E-in-C ain’t gonna fire himself. Slow news week. 😉
C’mon, Paul: adapt to modern times.
Fire yourself and then rehire yourself at a higher salary.
😉
I could do that by giving myself an apple once a week…