Tuesday, February 03, 2009

New Boron

In celebration of this blog's favorite atom: Theory and Experiment Meet, and a New Form of Boron Is Found - NYTimes.com: "Boron is a simple atom: five protons, five or six neutrons, five electrons. It is not as ubiquitous as hydrogen. It does not, as helium does, make your voice sound like Donald Duck. It is not as famous as carbon, its neighbor to the right on the periodic table..."

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