A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

Atomic structure of the hexagonal diamond. Image from the study. Researchers named it lonsdaleite, after crystallographer ...

Molten carbon can form into either diamond or graphite. A new study shows how graphite can sometimes form even under conditions that should lead to diamond. (Getty Images) The graphite found in your ...

Washington, Dec 11 (PTI) Scientists have for the first time turned diamond into graphite using ultra-short flashes of an X-ray laser. Trending Now It is a decisive step forward in understanding the ...

Molten carbon can crystallize into diamond or graphite, but it has been difficult to study this process. New simulations show that graphite can sometimes "hijack" the pathway that would lead to ...

In brief: Chinese researchers have developed a synthetic diamond that is significantly harder and more resilient than those that occur naturally here on Earth. If commercially viable, the new diamond ...

Chinese scientists claim to have created the long theorised hexagonal diamond, stronger than the real thing, and only found ...

Diamond stands up to a squeeze. Surprisingly, the material’s structure persists even when compressed to 2 trillion pascals, more than five times the pressure in Earth’s core, scientists report January ...