Researchers achieve 'Olympic ring' molecule breakthrough just in time for Winter Games

Researchers achieve 'Olympic ring' molecule breakthrough just in time for Winter Games 02/21/2018 02:19 PM EST More than 7,000 miles away from the snowcapped peaks of PyeongChang, scientists from Florida State University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry unlocked a novel strategy for synthesizing a highly versatile molecule called olympicene -- a compound of carbon and hydrogen atoms named for its familiar Olympic ring shape. Full story at http://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2018/02/20/researchers-achieve-olympic-ring-molecule-breakthrough-just-time-winter-games/ Source Florida State University This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111