A stretchy, mid-level layer of nanodiamonds allows the typically hard, brittle crystal to bend, not break, under pressure.

Researchers have discovered a new way to tune the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamond—by gently stretching or ...

Diamonds are formed meters to kilometres inside earth’s surface, formed due to extreme heat and pressure over millions of ...

Diamonds are made out of carbon — highly organized carbon, that is. Geologists are still guessing how diamonds formed in the ...