Diamonds Get a Little Squishy at the Nanoscale. Here’s Why
Familiar materials will act differently at the smallest scales. Notably, diamonds—typically hard and brittle—grow strangely soft at the…
Scientists Claim They’ve Finally Made the Elusive ‘Hexagonal’ Diamond
In 1962, researchers hypothesized that diamond’s known form—a mostly cubic crystal—wasn’t the coveted mineral at its greatest hardness.…
Next-generation quantum sensor sees the magnetic world in unprecedented detail
In labs around the world, scientists chase forces too faint to see and too small to touch. They…
Chemists Grow Diamonds With an Electron Beam
Researchers have discovered a low-pressure, electron-beam method to turn adamantane into defect-free nanodiamonds. Credit: Stock Synthetic diamond research…