The Buckyball (Buckminsterfullerene) is a soccerball-looking molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms. Yahoo reports the use of this and similar materials to produce a material 20 times lighter than steel and potentially 500 times stronger.
See: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081018/tec_buckypaper.html
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