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Nanomaterials Safety Regulations Needed Nanomaterials are that kind of material made of parts less than one tenth of a micrometer (less than a thousandth of a human hair) in at least one dimension, sporting particular features and characteristics. In the related section of this article, you can check out some of the latest uses of such materials. To put it... 12 November 2008 07:11 GMT New Storage Method Turns Hydrogen Metallic Although being the most abundant and lightest element in the universe, hydrogen is one of the most difficult to store in bulk. Take classical gas storage containers for example. The temperature and the pressure inside them must be closely correlated to ensure that the container is able to hold. Maintaining the right ... 20 March 2008 10:54 GMT New Buckyball Consisting Entirely of Boron The fullerenes, discovered in 1985 by researchers at Rice University, are a family of carbon allotropes named after Richard Buckminster Fuller and are sometimes called buckyballs. They are molecules composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, or tube. Cylindrical fullerenes are called Car... 24 April 2007 08:22 GMT