...minsterfullerene 
Google's main page has a nice animation of the buckyball. It's the 25th year anniversary of its discovery.
Link for the lazy: http://www.google.com
"Buckminsterfullerene (C60) is a spherical chemical compound with the molecular formula C60. It was first prepared in 1985 by Harold Kroto, James Heath, Sean O'Brien, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley at Rice University. Kroto, Curl, and Smalley were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their roles in the discovery of buckminsterfullerene and the related class of compounds, the fullerenes. The name was an homage to Richard Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic domes it resembles. Buckminsterfullerene was the first fullerene molecule discovered and it is also the most common in terms of natural occurrence, as it can be found in small quantities in soot."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene
Google's main page has a nice animation of the buckyball. It's the 25th year anniversary of its discovery.
Link for the lazy: http://www.google.com
"Buckminsterfullerene (C60) is a spherical chemical compound with the molecular formula C60. It was first prepared in 1985 by Harold Kroto, James Heath, Sean O'Brien, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley at Rice University. Kroto, Curl, and Smalley were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their roles in the discovery of buckminsterfullerene and the related class of compounds, the fullerenes. The name was an homage to Richard Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic domes it resembles. Buckminsterfullerene was the first fullerene molecule discovered and it is also the most common in terms of natural occurrence, as it can be found in small quantities in soot."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene
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