Dr. Rao

Might there be a link between nurses being on their feet for long hours, and retention of nurses ranking higher as a pressing concern for hospitals than insurance reimbursement or worries over the economy?  Perhaps that’s a stretch, but we might find out if Clemson physics Professor Apparao Rao puts his spring coiled carbon nanotubes into shoe soles.  He has demonstrated how these coiled nanotubes can be mass produced and affixed to surfaces as cushioned coatings for a variety of applications.  MORE