The nanoscale world appears to have a new ball to kick around. Researchers from Brown University have shown the first ...

Buckminsterfullerenes, or buckyballs, are hollow, soccer ball–shaped molecular cages first discovered in carbon. Their ...

Even though it is listed in the periodic table, 1 the metallic element boron is not a naturally occurring element. It is found in small amounts in the earth’s surface, and it is thought to be produced ...

Learn who is known as the Father of the Periodic Table, why Dmitri Mendeleev earned this title, his contributions to ...

Boron is a metal in group IIIA of the periodic table with atomic number 5, an atomic weight of 10.81, and a density of 2.34 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 2300 C.

Unlike its neighbours on the right-hand side of the periodic table, boron barely forms an anion. A new trick has been established that allows it to do so, enabling a highly unusual complex to be ...

Each time you watch sport on a flatscreen television, or send a message by touching your smartphone screen, give thanks to an unsung hero of the periodic table: boron. Boron, often wrongly labelled a ...