The discovery of buckyballs -- soccer-ball-shaped molecules of carbon -- helped usher in the nanotechnology era. Now, researchers have shown that boron, carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, can ...

HOUSTON, April 23, 2007 -- A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms. The research, which has been ...

I'm sure you know that buckyballs are molecules composed entirely of carbon and got their name for famed architect Buckminster Fuller because of their shapes. Now, Rice University scientists have ...

Boron atoms just got buckyballed. With a bit of coaxing from lasers and helium, clusters of 40 boron atoms arranged themselves into hollow cages similar to the nanoscale soccer-ball shape of carbon ...

Score one for boron. For the first time, a version of the famous football-shaped buckyball has been created from boron. Discovered in 1985, buckyballs are made from 60 carbon atoms linked together to ...

Could tiny carbon cages store hydrogen for a hydrogen economy? Tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs are strong enough to hold volumes of hydrogen nearly as dense as those found at the center of ...

A boron buckyball has been discovered by researchers from Brown University. Buckyballs, named after pioneering architect Buckminster Fuller, are usually composed of carbon. Shaped much like a soccer ...

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The discovery of Buckyballs, a new form of carbon that ushered in the era of nanotechnology and won a Nobel Prize, happened largely by accident. In 1985, Rice University chemists Robert Curl and ...

A hollow molecular shell made up of 40 boron atoms has been observed for the first time, potentially opening up the way for future developments in nanotechnology. Similar to the discovery of carbon ...