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Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Hayley Birch	Buckyballs grow by gobbling up carbon New insights into the formation of some of chemistry's most iconic molecules - the fullerenes - suggest they grow by 'eating' carbon atoms.
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Technology Research News October 8, 2003	Nanotubes harvest electrons Researchers from the University of Bologna and the University of Trieste in Italy, and the University of Notre Dame have found a way to alter carbon nanotubes so that they efficiently separate electrical charge. The method could lead to more efficient solar cells.
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Smithsonian December 2006 Cate Lineberry	Diamonds Unearthed In the first installment of a multi-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, explains how the rare crystals form.
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Chemistry World July 7, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Buckyball boron Systematic structure-searching calculations performed by scientists in China have put forward an all-boron analogue of fullerene: B 38.
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Chemistry World February 26, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Nanotubes Sprout Fullerene Buds A new carbon-based hybrid material is set to make an impact on the microelectronics industry. Christened 'nanobuds', the material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes with football-shaped fullerenes stuck on their outer surfaces.
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Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Photo-finish for Olympicene UK chemists have synthesized and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings.
Popular Mechanics April 1, 2008 Chris Ladd	Nano Tanks Could Store Hydrogen in Microscopic 'Soccer Balls' While hydrogen gas and fuel cells remain far-off realities for solving the fuel crunch, new computer models of interlocked carbon chambers have proven to store hydrogen at similar pressures to the cores of huge planets.
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