A team of scientists from two universities in China synthesized a material harder than diamond in the laboratory. When carbon ...

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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.

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 ...

Experiments on battery electrodes and fuel cell catalysts while they're being used - operando spectroscopy - can revolutionise our understanding of these crucial materials. Clare Sansom reports ...

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