Synthetic diamond with hexagonal lattice outshines the natural kind with unprecedented hardness
A team of physicists, materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a ...
Scientists engineer ultra-hard synthetic diamond from graphite
Most natural and synthetic diamonds feature a cubic lattice structure but there are rare exceptions. Lonsdaleite, for example ...
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Dan Diamond is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. He was previously a national health reporter covering politics, policy and public health. He joined The Post in 2021 after covering ...
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Rare Hexagonal Diamond is Finally Created in the Lab, Overturning Decades of Controversy
For the first time, researchers in China have synthetically produced a nearly pure hexagonal diamond, marking a significant ...