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

Diamonds have a reputation as one of the hardest materials known to man, which is undoubtedly true, but they're not as tough as you think they are.

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

The two-component crystals formed from pyridine or 4-dimethylaminopyridine with maleic, fumaric, phthalic, isophthalic, or terephthalic acids were characterized by X-ray diffraction. The two-component ...

Slow light in square-lattice chalcogenide photonic-crystal (PC) holey fibers with uniform longitude geometry are proposed and theoretically investigated. By using the planewave-expansion method, a ...

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

Rio Tinto has announced the discovery of an extremely rare fancy colour diamond in Canada. In a social media post, the diamond producer announced the recovery of a 0.45 carat fancy colour purple ...

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 ...

(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has unearthed a highly unusual 0.45-carat purple diamond at its Diavik mine in Canada's Northwest ...

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.