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 ...

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 ...

It's so black, it turns diamonds into "black holes." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, ...

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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, ...

Diamond could rival silicon as the material of choice for the electronics industry, but has been held back by the difficulty of growing large enough wafers. This problem may now be solved. You have ...

Diamond will always be a girl’s best friend, but it may soon lose favour with industrial drillers. The gemstone lost its title of the “world’s hardest material” to man-made nanomaterials some time ago ...