Supercomputers Crack the Code of Super-Diamond Synthesis
Researchers are on a quest to synthesize BC8, a carbon structure predicted to be tougher than diamond, using insights from advanced simulations and experimental efforts….
Diamonds News
Diamonds are cubic hexoctahedral crystals made purely of Carbon. They have the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material and can show pressure in geological processes as well as be used to create lasers in their nano form. Find out the many ways scientists take advantage of the properties of this expensive mineral at SciTechDaily.com.
Solid-State Qubits: Artificial Atoms Unlock Quantum Computing Breakthrough
JILA breakthrough in integrating artificial atoms with photonic circuits advances quantum computing efficiency and scalability. In quantum information science, many particles can act as “bits,”…
Quantum Leap in Superconductivity: Harvard’s High-Pressure Breakthrough
Harvard scientists have made a significant advance in high-pressure physics by creating a tool that directly images superconducting materials under extreme conditions, facilitating new discoveries…
Unlocking the Quantum Secrets Hidden in Diamonds for Advanced Electronics
Highly precise optical absorption spectra of diamond reveal ultra-fine splitting. Besides being “a girl’s best friend,” diamonds have broad industrial applications, such as in solid-state…
Digging With DNA: Soil’s “Biological Fingerprints” Point to Hidden Diamonds
DNA sequencing methods can also assist in identifying minerals crucial for the transition to green energy. Researchers have identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home of…
450-Million-Year-Old Diamonds Reveal Secrets of the Evolution of Earth
Superdeep diamonds formed between 650 and 450 million years ago show how continents developed and moved. The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from…
Diamond’s Downfall: The Quantum World’s Next Top Material
Diamond has long held the crown in the realm of quantum sensing, thanks to its coherent nitrogen-vacancy centers, adjustable spin, magnetic field sensitivity, and capability…
From Waste Pile to Diamond Discovery: How a Humble Piece of Rock Solved a Long-Standing Diamond Mystery
Two researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have utilized a simple laptop computer and a piece of rock, obtained from a diamond mine’s “waste…
An Underground Ocean? Scientists Discover Water Deep Within Earth
An international research team led by a Goethe University professor analyzes diamond inclusions. An international study confirms that the Earth’s transition zone (TZ), located between…
Scientists Successfully Create Diamonds Out of Bottle Plastic
A research team utilizes laser flashes to replicate the interior of ice planets, which inspires a new method of creating tiny diamonds. What transpires inside…
Researchers Discover a “Diamond Factory” Deep Inside Earth
Researchers find rust and diamonds at the Earth’s core-mantle boundary. On the Earth’s surface, steel rusts due to water and air. But what about deep…
Scientists Say These Mysterious Diamonds Came From Outer Space
Strange diamonds from an ancient dwarf planet in our solar system may have formed shortly after the dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid about…
Scientists Discover Surprising Applications of Nanodiamonds
A physical chemist and a diverse group of his students are working on applications with nanoscopic diamonds. Diamonds represent so much more to Abraham Wolcott…
Nanodiamonds Are Key to Efficient Hydrogen Purification – And a Zero-Carbon Future
Nanodiamonds may be tiny, but they can help with one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Climate change. Hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, leaves nothing…
Are We Standing on a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds? [Video]
There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface. But the farthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles (11 kilometers) down, so…
Creating Dynamic Symmetry in Diamond Crystals To Improve Qubits for Quantum Computing
MIT researchers develop a new way to control and measure energy levels in a diamond crystal; could improve qubits in quantum computers. Physicists and engineers…
Ancient Diamonds Show Earth Was Primed for Life’s Explosion of Diversity at Least 2.7 Billion Years Ago
A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic chemical composition of the Earth’s atmosphere which makes it suitable for life’s explosion of…
Popigai: Russia’s Crater of Diamonds – Estimated To Contain “Trillions of Carats”
Popigai is one of the largest and most well-preserved impact craters on Earth. About 36 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into northern Siberia and…