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 ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

Hydrocarbon mixtures are extremely abundant in the Universe, and diamond formation from them can play a crucial role in shaping the interior structure and evolution of planets. With first-principles ...

Research teams from Wuhan University and the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) have revealed new insights into the formation mechanism of nitrogen-vacancies (NV) centers in type-Ib diamonds, a ...

(Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers led by Mungo Frost from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California and including DESY scientists used the European X-ray free-electron ...