September 4, 2010
Google Doodle is all set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of buckyball and it can be seen on the homepage of Google.
Today, on 4th of September, Google is observing the 25th birthday of buckyball and the Google ‘O’ is converted into a yellow buckyball. Not only is the buckyball a good desktop, but it is also an entertaining one, since it can be moved by the mouse.
Google Doodle might be keeping its trend of commemorating various events in its own way, but a layman is likely to be oblivious of buckyball and its presence on the Google homepage.
Also known as Fullerene, buckyball is a soccer shaped molecule composed primarily of carbon that was discovered in 1985 at Rice University. The carbon balls in backyball are arranged in a spherical shape having geometric patterns resembling those of a soccer ball.
Buckyball is one nanometer wide and is used by doctors in gene therapy for transporting genes into human cells. Being nanotools, buckyball and quantum tools are useful in medicines.
