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Researchers Find Extraterrestrail Gases in "buckyballs"
Window mechanism for the encapsulation of extraterrestrial noble gases (such as helium) atoms inside the fullerene cage, or buckminsterfullerene (buckyball). One view shows a broken bond, or open "window," with atom moving out through window.
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