Sentences with phrase «called buckyballs»

New experiments carried out with huge molecules called buckyballs show that quantum reality extends into the macroscopic world as well.

In the past few decades we have learned about the soccer - ball - shaped spheres called buckyballs, soon followed by the microscopic rolls of chicken wire we know as carbon nanotubes.

At the University of Vienna, Anton Zeilinger's work with huge molecules called buckyballs pushes quantum reality closer to the macroscopic world.

Then in 1991, while studying the unique atomic structures called buckyballs, which are created by electrically charging carbon soot, Sumio Iijima of Meijo University in Nagoya, Japan, discovered the first nanotubes — fantastically strong cylindrical carbon - atom constructions less than two nanometers wide and of varying lengths.

When exposed to sheets of carbon - atom cages called buckyballs, copper and manganese become permanent magnets, researchers report in the Aug. 6 Nature.

Nerve cells threatened by stroke or degenerative diseases may have a surprising new ally — microscopic spheres of carbon called buckyballs.

Not exact matches

Other experiments with huge molecules called «Buckyballs» have also showed that quantum reality extends beyond the microscopic world.