Photoconductive Diamond Switches: Diamonds Are Not Just for Jewelry Anymore
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…
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Natural Nanodiamonds in Oceanic Rocks – Formed Through Low Pressure and Temperature Geological Processes
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….
Scientists Defy Nature: Making Diamonds in Minutes at Room Temperature
An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature — a process that normally requires…
Scientists Make Electrifying Diamond Find
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…
Diamonds Are a Quantum Scientist’s Best Friend: Discovery May Revolutionize the High-Tech Industry
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…
Turning Diamond Into Metal – For Improved Solar Cells, LEDs, and Power Electronics
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…
Shedding New Light on Earth’s Deepest Mechanisms Using Diamonds
Uncovering New Understanding of Earth’s Carbon Cycle University of Alberta Ph.D. student authors paper shedding new light on Earth’s deepest mechanisms using information from diamonds….
Largest Extraterrestrial Diamonds Ever Discovered: Cosmic Diamonds Formed During Gigantic Planetary Collisions
International research team solves theory of how diamonds formed inside protoplanets. Geoscientists from Goethe University have found the largest extraterrestrial diamonds ever discovered – a…
Hope Diamond and British Crown Jewel Diamonds May Be From “Super-Deep” in the Earth’s Mantle
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…
Modern Alchemy: Stanford Finds Fast, Easy Way to Make Diamonds – “Cheating the Thermodynamics”
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:…
“Unprecedented Mechanical Behavior of Diamond” – Scientists Discover Diamond Can Be Bent at the Nanoscale
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…
Hard As Diamond? 43 New Forms of Superhard Carbon Predicted by Scientists
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…
Scientists Reveal Diamond Cache Deep in Earth’s Interior
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond…
Scientists Discover Spinning Nanodiamonds Around Stars
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across the…
Scientists Reveal How Diamonds Can Bend and Stretch
Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all-natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. But now, an international team of…
Diamonds Provide Evidence of a Lost Planet That Once Roamed Our Solar System
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar…
Groundbreaking Research Reveals Evidence of Water Deep in Earth’s Mantle
A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles (800 kilometers) deep into the…
Yale Researchers ‘Look’ Deep Inside a Diamond Planet
New research by Yale University scientists suggests rocky planets orbiting other stars may hide thick layers of diamond beneath the surface. “A carbon-rich planet likely…