Number 75 (Story #4), April 10, 1992 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein BUCKYBALL POLYMERS can be formed from C-60 molecules and palladium atoms. Scientists at Toyohashi University and the Mie University in Japan have prepared one-, two-, and three-dimensional compounds with polymer properties. The latter, C60Pd3, unlike the superconducting compound C60K3, is stable in air. (New Scientist, 28 Mar. 1992.)