Buckyballs

Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing

harminka — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:39:05 -0600

Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.

Video shows buckyballs form by 'shrink wrapping'

harminka — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:04:12 -0500

The birth secret of buckyballs -- hollow spheres of carbon no wider than a strand of DNA -- has been caught on tape by researchers at Sandia National Laboratory and Rice University.

Manufactured nanoparticles don't harm soil ecology

harminka — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:29:31 -0500

The first published study on the environmental impact of manufactured nanoparticles on ordinary soil showed no negative effects, which is contrary to concerns voiced by some that the microscopic particles could be harmful to organisms.

Buckyballs used as 'passkey' into cancer cells

harminka — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:06:03 -0600