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• Joop Geesink, 39, is a ball-shaped Dutchman who runs the Dollywood Film Corp.
• Scientists expect very big things for buckyballs, the microscopic, soccer-ball-shaped molecules of pure carbon that are vital to the promising field of nanotechnology.
• The ball-shaped ApriAlpha uses advanced voice-recognition technology to distinguish between voices coming from different locations.

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News & Articles

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• 10 Mind-Bending Photos From The Spitzer Telescope
  As the fourth Great Observatory to enter into space, Spitzer has studied comets and asteroids, counted stars, and most notably, discovered "buckyballs" — soccer-ball-shaped carbon spheres crucial to star birth.
  Aug. 27, 2013 - Business Insider
• Scientists Make Mysterious 'Ball Lightning' In The Lab Using Gatorade [GIFS]
  Researchers at the U.S. Air Force Academy have created a ball-shaped flash of plasma that closely resembles the near-mythical "ball lightning" reported for millennia.
  Aug. 22, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Ajith Kumar in Arab News
  The crude bomb was inside a ball-shaped package found in the cargo compartment of Kingfisher flight IT 4731 which arrived from Bangalore. Airlines staff spotted the explosive during a routine security checkup and cleaning,City Police...