Carbon Nanotubes Appear in Vehicle Exhaust (IMAGE)

Rice University

Carbon Nanotubes Appear in Vehicle Exhaust

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Carbon inside a lung cell vacuole takes the form of nanotubes (rods) and nanoparticles (black clumps) and are similar to those found in vehicle exhaust in Paris. The image is part of a study by scientists in Paris and at Rice University to analyze carbonaceous material in the lungs of asthma patients. They found that cars are a likely source of nanotubes found in the patients.

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Courtesy of Fathi Moussa/Paris-Saclay University

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