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Scientists in China have created a new material that rivals the hardness of diamond. Its impressive combination of hardness, toughness, and chemical stability opens up a wide range of industrial ...

Scientists have solved a decades-long puzzle and unveiled a near unbreakable substance that could rival diamond, as the hardest material on earth, a study says. Researchers found that when carbon and ...

MIT engineers have created a material that is 10 times blacker than anything else ever been reported, the school announced. The material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs, ...

Boron arsenide has dethroned diamond as the best heat conductor, thanks to refined crystal purity and improved synthesis methods. This discovery could transform next-generation electronics by ...

A rare pink diamond known as the Pink Legacy sold at auction Wednesday for a whopping $50 million (50,375,000 Swiss Francs). The diamond, which is an incredible 18.96 carats, is a rare sight because ...

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Solid-state technologies exploring quantum physics require dedicated types of material. Whereas classical semiconductor materials have had more than five decades of development with respect to purity ...