Medicine & TechnologyAlthough diamond is widely believed to be hard and unbendable, thin films have been found to exhibit elastic deformation - and this new property can have profound impacts on various applications.
Pink diamonds rank third in rarity after blue and red diamonds. Argyle, who has supplied more than 90% of the world's pink diamonds, announced their closure this month.
Colloidal diamonds - stable, self-assembled material with promising applications in light-related technologies - can now be fabricated, decades after its concept was first developed in the 90s.
A team of scientists from Japan has found that diamond is able to generate a dynamic unpolarized single-photon with intrinsic randomness, which will be useful for the quantum computing.
The new material, Fullerite could scratch diamond because it was harder than diamond. Fullerite is a molecular crystal containing fullerene molecules at its lattice nodes.
A Christian pastor in Sierra Leone found a 706-carat diamond but unselfishly decided to give it away to the government, in hopes that it can help the development of the country.