What if you could get diamonds from the sky? Green-tech company - skymining - says they're doing just that. By using excess carbon dioxide to make a fully certified diamond, according to inventor Dale ...

For those looking for cheap diamonds, they might want to cozy up to researchers at North Carolina State University. Jay Narayan and his colleagues have discovered a new form of solid carbon, called ...

Scientists from North Carolina State University have discovered Q-carbon, a new phase of solid carbon, which they have used to make diamond-related structures at regular temperatures and air pressures ...

Diamonds haven’t always been a girl’s best friend. Before the 1930’s, they were no more synonymous with weddings than opals, rubies and sapphires which had been routinely used in engagement rings for ...

Diamonds are one of the hardest and most prized gems in the world, but now they may have some competition. Scientists have discovered a new carbon-based material that forms diamond-like crystals but ...

Diamonds from deep underground now reveal that the activities of life can have effects far beneath Earth's surface, researchers find. All life on Earth is based on carbon. This element moves through ...

As much mystique as they've been given by companies with vested interest, diamonds are little more than lumps of carbon. In science applications, diamond is useful as a tough protective coating and ...

Scientists have discovered a new phase of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which is distinct from the known phases of graphite and diamond. They have also developed a technique for using Q-carbon to ...

Scientists have created a substance that blings even brighter than diamonds, but chances are you won’t wear it. You’ll take its byproducts as medicine instead. It’s called Q-carbon, and researchers at ...

Diamonds have a bloody and environmentally troubled history. Now, two companies are buying carbon dioxide and using it to make precious gems in laboratories. The dawn of the Biden administration and ...