The synthetic hexagonal diamond exhibits high thermal stability up to 1,100°C and a hardness of 155 GPa, promising advancements in aerospace and defense industries.

Scientists have discovered a way to use single missing atoms in crystals as memory cells, packing terabytes of data into a ...

A team of physicists, materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a ...

In 1891, examining a meteorite in Canyon Diablo, Arizona, scientists reported finding "hard particles" within it. Later, in ...

For the first time, researchers in China have synthetically produced a nearly pure hexagonal diamond, marking a significant ...

Chinese scientists have created an artificial “super diamond” much greater in hardness than real ones, an advance that could ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...

Turning spinel into a solid state spin qubit system. When specific atomic defects are introduced in a gemstone, they create vacancy centers with unique properties that allow them ...

RECENTLY, with the increase of the resolving power of the electron microscope, it has become possible to make a direct observation of a crystal lattice composed of large molecules. J. W.

The price of a one-carat natural diamond has dropped from £5,422.67 in May 2022 to £3,923.83 last December. De Beers, the diamond industry giant, has entered 2024 with a massive £2billion stockpile of ...