It’s gratuitous and extreme and wonderful: We can turn our mortal remains into diamonds. Real diamonds. Using high-tech machines, engineers can transform the carbon from human ashes into diamond ...

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter ...

Encased within a synthetic diamond, carbon-14 undergoes beta decay, releasing electrons that the diamond then converts into electricity. The entire process is surprisingly similar to how solar ...

revealing new clues on the conditions that could push the carbon atoms in diamond into the unusual structure. The BC8 phase has previously been observed here on Earth in two materials, silicon and ...

The diamond solar cell has the potential to revolutionize the way we build solar panels and could be more efficient and more ...

Scientists have unveiled a radioactive diamond battery that lasts over 5,000 years. Learn how it works, its uses, and when it ...

Quantum physicists have created a new phase of matter inside a diamond. Their new "time quasicrystal" is special as it is ...

In their ongoing efforts to push the boundaries of quantum possibilities, physicists in Arts & Sciences at Washington ...

This is essentially where the carbon-14 releases a series of electrons. These electrons are then absorbed by the diamond, where they can be converted into electricity, creating a self-sustaining ...