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Nanodiamonds

Physics

Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny

Experiment with nanodiamonds reveals that they are less rigid than other diamonds, adding to our understanding of how they could be used in new technologies

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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A thin wafer of diamond that is also very flexible

Technology

Ultra-thin diamond wafers for electronics made using sticky tape

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Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years

Technology

Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years

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Space

Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?

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Technology

Diamond could be the super semiconductor the US power grid needs

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Space

Mercury may have a layer of diamond beneath its grey surface

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Earth

Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be coming back to life

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Space

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy

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Coloured diamonds from the Argyle mine in Australia

Earth

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

Understanding how the world’s largest-known collection of pink diamonds came to the surface in Australia around 1.3 billion years ago could help us find hidden deposits elsewhere in the world

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Physics

Blasting plastic with powerful lasers turns it into tiny diamonds

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Physics

Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs

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Physics

Newly discovered form of carbon is more resilient than diamond

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Earth

We've totted up all Earth's carbon - and 99 per cent is underground

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