Scientists Recreate the Melting ‘Diamond Rain’ of Neptune and Uranus. It May Help Fusion Power
Under their thin upper atmospheres, our solar system neighbors Neptune and Uranus are literally raining diamonds in their…
Tiny quantum defects in diamonds to unlock the secrets of the universe
Researchers in the US have launched a USD 1 million project to develop quantum sensors by using the…
Diamond dust could help build future quantum sensors, computers faster
Researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia have…
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…