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 ...

The nanoscale world appears to have a new ball to kick around. Researchers from Brown University have shown the first experimental evidence for a "buckyball" molecule made from 80 boron atoms. The new ...

A new boron nanomaterial: The carbon Buckminsterfullerene or "buckyball" (left) made from 60 carbon atoms was named after the geodesic sphere (middle) popularized by futurist Buckminster Fuller. The ...

(Nanowerk News) Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation ...

If you are looking for a unique desktop showpiece you may be interested in the carbon fiber model of the C60 molecule created by the engineers over at AltDynamic. The 1996 Nobel Prize winning ...