Diamond is a promising material for data storage, and now scientists have demonstrated a new way to cram more data onto it, down to a single atom. The technique bypasses a physical limit by writing ...

Botswana's Karowe mine just produced a record-breaking 2,492-carat diamond, the largest unearthed in over a century.

For centuries, diamond has been the reigning champion of hardness on Earth. However, a recent breakthrough in material science has led to the synthesis of a new substance, predicted to be 50 percent ...

Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin — their other degree of freedom — is starting to be exploited. Spin defects make crystalline materials highly useful for ...

The Danoczi Solution (TDS) provides solutions to the mining of diamonds, gemstones and minerals for the maximisation of their recovery. Owner Jane Danoczi says that TDS focuses not only on tackling ...

Kimberlites—carrot-shaped volcanic pipes that erupt from mantle depths greater than 150 km—have long fascinated geologists as windows into the deep Earth. Their mantle-derived melt ascends rapidly ...