The number of protons is what defines the element. Oxygen, for example, has eight protons. However, the number of neutrons in ...

Each of its molecules contains two oxygen atoms and one carbon atom There are many substances but only 118 known elements The atoms of some elements, like copper, do not join together and instead ...

But what makes oxygen different from carbon? It is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom that is the defining feature of the atom. It's what makes one element different from another.

Scientists in Germany have achieved something never seen before: creating a stable boron-carbon triple bond. While triple ...

Researchers from the University of Würzburg are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon. Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig, ...