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Researchers are claiming a breakthrough in quantum communications, thanks to a new diamond-stretching technique they say greatly increases the temperatures at which qubits remain entangled, while also making them microwave-controllable.Continue Reading… Continue reading Diamond-stretching technique makes qubits more stable and controllable
Locating diamond deposits in the earth isn’t always an exact science, so the greater the number of methods of doing so, the better. A new study now suggests that soil microbes may point the way to such buried treasures.Continue ReadingCategory: Science… Continue reading Microbes in surface soil may indicate presence of diamonds down below
Sometimes it seems that as soon as an anti-counterfeiting process is created, someone finds a way of circumventing it. A new system could be particularly hard to foil, however, as it utilizes tiny diamonds.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Univers… Continue reading Anti-counterfeiting tech draws on unique qualities of micro-diamonds
Australian scientists have discovered strangely folded diamonds in rare meteorite samples. In investigating how they came to form, the team found evidence that they were forged in a cataclysm on an ancient dwarf planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Materia… Continue reading Mysterious folded diamonds traced back to ancient dwarf planet cataclysm
Scientists have turned plastic into diamonds. Using high-powered lasers, the team zapped samples of PET, the common material used in plastic bottles, to produce intense heat and pressure to form tiny diamonds that may naturally rain down on planets lik… Continue reading X-ray laser converts plastic into diamonds, recreating Uranus rain
Arkenlight and Axorus have teamed up to prototype the first artificial neuron powered by a diamond betavoltaic battery made from nuclear waste. The goal is to develop medical-grade implants with energy sources that will last decades without charging.Co… Continue reading Nuclear waste diamonds to power artificial neuron implants for decades
High-powered lasers have a hand in everything from manufacturing to deep space communications, and the ongoing development of more powerful versions calls for a rethink on the components responsible for steering their beams of light. This has a team of… Continue reading Diamond mirror withstands lasers powerful enough to burn through steel
Researchers in Japan have developed a new method for making 5-cm (2-in) wafers of diamond that could be used for quantum memory. The ultra-high purity of the diamond allows it to store a staggering amount of data – the equivalent of one billion Blu-Ray… Continue reading Two-inch diamond wafers could store a billion Blu-Ray’s worth of data
Researchers at Carnegie Science have developed an ultrahard diamond glass. Made entirely of crushed “soccerballs” of carbon, the new material also has high thermal conductivity and could find use in electronics.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, Scie… Continue reading Ultrahard diamond glass made by crushing buckyballs
Material scientists in China experimenting with carbon in its many forms have conjured up a form of glass so hard that it can scratch the surface of a diamond. As reported by the South China Morning Post, the transparent material is also incredibly str… Continue reading World’s strongest glass can scratch the surface of a diamond