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 structure is the cousin of the carbon buckyball, known formally as Buckminsterfullerene—a socc...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-06-atom-boron-buckyball-nanotechnology-spotlight.html)