Number 61 (Story #2), January 3, 1992 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein BUCKYBALLS are Science Magazine's Molecule of the Year. What is the latest news in the carbon-60 saga? Typical are two papers given at the recent meeting of the Materials Research Society: Fred Wudl of UC Santa Barbara has been able to attach various chemical groups, such as urethane and hydroxyl groups, to points on the Buckyball exterior. Scientists at Northwestern have observed a frequency-doubling effect for laser light sent though a film of C-60. (Science, 20 Dec. 1991.)