Buckyballs


TG Daily

Spitzer spots first solid buckyballs in stellar disc
Register
"These buckyballs are stacked together to form a solid, like oranges in a crate," said Nye Evans of Keele University in England, lead author of the paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in a statement.
NASA finds space buckyballs in solid formTG Daily
Solid Buckyballs in Space are Stacked Like 'Oranges in a Crate'Universe Today
Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in SpaceScience Daily (press release)

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Daily Mail

Boy mistakes toy magnets Buckyballs for candy and has to have surgery after he ...
Daily Mail
Finn Thompson loved the small magnets, called Buckyballs, that he got as a birthday gift from his mother. But because they looked so much like the metallic candy balls he had often eaten on cookies and cakes, he thought that it was safe to swallow his ...

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Buckyballs magnets: A choking hazard for kids
Washington Post (blog)
(Astrid Riecken - for TheWashington Post) From elsewhere in The Post: For kids who want to pretend their lip or tongue is pierced, Buckyballs magnets have become a popular toy. The magnets are also a choking hazard. Several children, including Meredith ...

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kwgn.com

Magnet toy injuries on the rise
kwgn.com
DENVER ? For kids who want to pretend their tongue, lip or ears is pierced, small magnets called BuckyBalls have become a popular toy, but more and more kids are accidentally swallowing these power magnets, sending several Denver kids to the hospital ...

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Nanodots Get Hulk-like in Size with Mega Nanodots
Chip Chick
Nanodots are dangerously similar to the ever-popular Buckyballs, the rare earth magnetized balls. Dangerously similar perhaps, but equally as fun. Nanodots takes it to the next level by including puzzles with each set of dots.


New Scientist (blog)

Morphonano: Interactive sculpture goes nano
New Scientist (blog)
Blue geometric buckyballs float back and forth on a 15-metre black screen, like soap bubbles from Tron. I watch for a minute, mesmerized. I step in front of the computer projection, and my fast-moving shadow blows the buckybubbles around in a mad ...


Popular magnets pose risk if swallowed
Daily Herald
The magnets that Meredith received as a gift are a popular brand known as Buckyballs, which are 5 mm in diameter. The labels warn to keep them away from children, not to put them in the nose or mouth, and that swallowed magnets can cause serious injury ...


Six faculty elected as AAAS Fellows
UC Davis
They study "buckyballs" and RNA; plant-soil relationships and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes; rice genetics and breeding; the impact of environmental changes on natural selection; and plant growth and development.


Engineers Week and Discovery Days at the Museum of Nature & Science
Dallas Art News
From buckyballs, squishy circuits, robo mania and other hands-on activities, to daily engineer chats with North Texas professionals, to electrifying live shows featuring Tesla coils and more, the Museum will offer a week's worth of fun for all ages.

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Eureka! Science News

A bronze matryoshka doll: The metal in the metal in the metal
Eureka! Science News
The analogy to the carbon spheres that caused a sensation as Buckyballs can not be overlooked. Here, too, there are geometric structures made up of triangles, pentagons and hexagons. However, they are not made of carbon: heavier metals such as tin and ...

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