Going against the grain—nitrogen turns out to be hypersociable

Nitrogen is everywhere—there is four times as much of it as oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. However, it is reluctant to form chemical bonds, especially with more than four atoms. Chemists from Warsaw predict, however, that contrary to the rules of typical chemistry, in appropriately selected conditions, there may be a nitrogen that nobody has ever seen—one capable of forming up to six chemical bonds.

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