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Using Lasers to Cut a Diamond Apart Atom by Atom
By Rich Mildren published
One of great challenges of the 21st century has been to develop ways to manipulate matter on smaller and smaller dimensions.
Whoops! Earth's Oldest 'Diamonds' Actually Polishing Grit
By Becky Oskin published
Evidence of Earth's first continents, 4.3-billion-year-old "diamonds" from Australia's Jack Hills, are actually fragments of polishing grit, a new study reports.
India Sparkles with Promise of Diamonds, Study Finds
By Laura Poppick published
A team of geologists in India have determined that the rock underlying India could potentially contain large pockets of diamonds.
How are diamonds made?
By Dave Mosher published
Natural diamonds come from the Earth, but they can also come from a machine.
Wham! How Russia's Trove of 'Impact Diamonds' Was Created
By Eli MacKinnon published
Russia has revealed a trove of trillions of carats of diamonds in a Siberian meteor crater. How'd they get there?
Effective Defects for Quantum Computers
By Aaron Dubrow published
Defects are usually a bad thing, but not in quantum computing.
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