News tagged with blue diamond

Naval research laboratory takes a close look at unique diamonds

The song says that "diamonds are a girl's best friend," but scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are finding that diamonds are a researcher's best friend too.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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‘Seeing’ cosmic rays in space

Astronauts have long reported the experience of seeing flashes while they are in space, even when their eyes are closed. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both reported these flashes during the Apollo 11 mission, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hubble views grand star-forming region

(PhysOrg.com) -- This massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Simulations unlock carbon nanotube potential for industry

a cylindrical network of molecules known as carbon nanotubes -- is attracting a great deal of attention from industry researchers these days.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic mutation may help explain first land-based plants

A graduate student working in the Judaean desert has discovered a gene that could provide some of the explanation of how water plants colonized dry land.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hubble offers a dazzling 'necklace'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Diamonds shine in quantum networks: Researchers hitch precious stone's impurities onto nano-resonators

When it comes to dreaming about diamonds, energy efficiency and powerful information processing aren't normally the thoughts that spring to mind. Unless, of course, you are a quantum physicist looking to create the most secure ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diamonds not always a girl's best friend

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, jewelers are gearing up for a busy period as happy couples come shopping for the perfect engagement ring. Top of the list is the classic diamond, and this year there are more choices ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exotic discovery made in soft polymer

Professor Frank S. Bates and his research team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have discovered an unusual type of soft material that was conceived of over 50 years ago, but has never before been ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stars shrouded in glittering zirconium light up the sky

Its been said that the Universe isn’t stranger than you can imagine, its stranger than you can’t imagine. Nowhere is this more true than the study of stars. Recently, a team of scientists from the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 12

Jambox a boombox for the smart gadget era

Jawbone has packed the monster sound of a boombox in a pocket-sized "Jambox" that wirelessly adds home-theater sound to mobile gadgets from smartphones to tablet computers.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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