Diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth. This fact would likely pass muster at your local trivia night, but scientists ...

A team of physicists, materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a ...

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.

In a recent correspondence on hardness 1, several assertions were made, some of which are incorrect and some are misleading. First, the title “What does 'harder than diamond' mean?”, ...

Chinese scientists have created an artificial “super diamond” much greater in hardness than real ones, an advance that could ...

Diamond’s allure as a gemstone and its use as a tool due to its hardness have encouraged research on technical applications for centuries. Isaac Newton studied diamond, measuring its refractive ...

Chinese scientists have come up with a way to create a high-quality “super diamond” in the laboratory with a hardness far ...

For the first time, researchers in China have synthetically produced a nearly pure hexagonal diamond, marking a significant ...

Chinese scientists developed Super Diamond (Lonsdaleite), 40% harder than natural diamonds, revolutionizing cutting tools, ...