rub eyeballs
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Before buckyballs, pure carbon was known to exist in just a few configurations: stacked in sheets as graphite; arrayed in hard, clear crystals of diamond; and jumbled randomly in amorphous carbon.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022
The strength and stability of buckyballs — in 60-atom form and bigger — has offered dozens of possible uses because of their shape and electron-bonding properties.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
Some scientists predict that nuclei can overcome that problem by twisting into exotic shapes—hollow bubbles or even latticelike buckyballs.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 30, 2019
Yet without knowing how gaseous buckyballs behave in space-like conditions, no one could claim a definitive match.
From Nature • Jul. 14, 2015
Good vibrations: Researchers tune the chemical bonds of buckyballs.
From Scientific American • Jan. 25, 2014
