Diamonds might be forever but that doesn't stop them being bought and sold. One stone thought to have once belonged to Marie ...

In brief Researchers have developed a method by which artificial crystal lattices with a large lattice constant can be created in a semiconductor material. The large lattice constant leads to a ...

More information: Xingrui Cheng et al, Laser activation of single group-IV colour centres in diamond, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60373-5 ...

A new photodetector design using platinum-infused diamond nanowires achieves record-breaking UV sensitivity and heat ...

Fraunhofer IAF presents compact integrated quantum sensor at World of Quantum 2025 The highly integrated vector magnetometer ...

Oxford scientists lead breakthrough in quantum materials that could pave the way for advanced quantum technology ...

Coloured diamonds are geological anomalies. Variations include pink, blue, orange, yellow, red, green, brown and black, most of which can be explained by impurities in their crystal lattice.

Platinum nanoparticles in diamond nanowires significantly improve UV photodetector performance, offering high responsivity ...

Specifically, the defects in the diamond act as spin-photon interfaces, which means they can connect quantum bits of information (stored in the spin of an electron) with particles of light.

A remarkable pink diamond, thought to have once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, has recently been ...