An elusive material that scientists have wanted to make for decades has finally been synthesised under tremendous heat and pressure – and it is nearly as hard as diamond.

A team of scientists from two universities in China have synthesized a material harder than diamond in the laboratory. When carbon is subjected to extreme heat and pressure within the Earth, it ...

It’s taken more than three decades, but scientists have cracked the code and created a material that’s near-impossible to break and rivals diamond as the hardest substance on the planet. The ...

In diamond, each carbon atom is bonded to four other carbon atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement. But under the right circumstances, carbon can arrange itself hexagonally, forming a hardier material ...

To do this, the scientists compressed carbon and nitrogen between diamond points at 700,000 times atmospheric pressure. Then, using lasers, the material was heated to 2732 degrees Fahrenheit.

It’s homoepitaxial, meaning it only grows on other diamonds, and integrating diamond into quantum or conventional computers, quantum sensors, cellphones, or other devices would mean sacrificing the ...

Increased heat transfer efficiency: Diamond solar panels can disburse excess heat quickly, drastically increasing the panels’ efficiency. Superior carrier mobility and saturation speed: The electrical ...