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 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…
Diamonds are sometimes described as messengers from the deep earth; scientists study them closely for insights into the otherwise inaccessible depths from which they come….
Findings allow us to trace how minerals from the surface are drawn down into the mantle. Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth’s mantle contain…
Nature’s strongest material now has some stiff competition. For the first time, researchers have hard evidence that human-made hexagonal diamonds are stiffer than the common…
Beam-driven wakefield acceleration approaches are promising candidates for future large-scale machines, including X-ray free electron lasers and linear colliders, as they have the potential to…
When it comes to the semiconductor industry, silicon has reigned as king in the electronics field, but it is coming to the end of its…
Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters….
An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature — a process that normally requires…
Diamond could conduct electricity like metals when it is deformed to strains at the nanoscale, according to predictions from a study by an international team…
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionize the high-tech industry. Diamonds have a firm foothold in our lexicon. Their…
Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model. Long known as the hardest of all…
Uncovering New Understanding of Earth’s Carbon Cycle University of Alberta PhD student authors paper shedding new light on Earth’s deepest mechanisms using information from diamonds….
International research team solves theory of how diamonds formed inside protoplanets. Geoscientists from Goethe University have found the largest extraterrestrial diamonds ever discovered – a…
An analysis of the first large diamonds confirmed to come from deep under the Earth’s surface supports initial predictions showing that the Smithsonian’s famous Hope…
With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond. It sounds like alchemy:…
A team of Australian scientists has discovered diamond can be bent and deformed, creating possibilities for the design and engineering of new nanoscale devices. Diamond…
A study identifies dozens of new carbon structures that are expected to be superhard, including some that may be about as hard as diamonds. Superhard…