They arranged dozens of red Solo and clear plastic cups, each containing one alum crystal, on the room’s large wooden table. Slips of paper identifying who submitted the crystal were then promptly ...

From dainty rings and understated studs to glitzy earrings and gemstone necklaces, pieces in the Pandora lab-grown collection are set only in noble metals (yellow gold, white gold and sterling silver) ...

Engineers from Eindhoven University of Technology are claiming to have set a new benchmark for the performance of InP ...

Skoltech researchers have presented a new simple physical model for predicting the hardness of materials based on information about the shear modulus and equations of state of crystal structures. The ...

It is typically determined by pressing the indenter into the test sample, and the indenter must be made of a harder material, usually diamond ... of the crystal structure, which enabled the ...

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along the West Coast of South Africa and the legends that shaped the ...

Diamond certification titan, World Gemological Institute (WGI) has announced a landmark deal that is set to revolutionize its business and could mark a new era for the $100 Billion diamond ...

Angus was also the first to report on the electrical conductivity of diamond doped with boron.. More information: Intervalence plasmons in boron-doped diamond, Nature Communications (2025). https ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. In this paper, we review the progress of color centers in ...

Earth's inner core may actually have two distinct layers. (alexlmx/Canva Pro) "We found evidence that may indicate a change in the structure of iron, which suggests perhaps two separate cooling events ...

In most cases, fluorescence is caused by the presence of nitrogen as a trace element impurity in diamond. You may know that diamonds are composed of carbon atoms organized in a lattice-like crystal ...

Are Cars 'Structures'? Here's a Look at How Damage Is Tallied in Devastating Los Angeles Wildfires The extent of the damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it's ...