Search results for diamond

Nanomaterials Jul 28, 2023

Using diamond microparticles to create high security anti-counterfeit labels

Counterfeiting is a serious problem affecting a wide range of industries—from medicine to electronics, inflicting enormous economic losses, posing safety concerns and putting health at risk.

Condensed Matter Jul 27, 2023

Some alloys don't change size when heated, and we now know why

Nearly every material, whether it is solid, liquid, or gas, expands when its temperature goes up and contracts when its temperature goes down. This property, called thermal expansion, makes a hot air balloon float, and the ...

Earth Sciences Jul 27, 2023

New geology study cracks the code of what causes diamonds to erupt

New research into the forces that bring diamonds to the surface from deep in the Earth's mantle could help locate undiscovered diamond deposits, say Macqurie University geologists.

Astronomy Jul 21, 2023

Carbon-based molecules seen just a billion years after the Big Bang

The more astronomers look at the early universe, the more discoveries they make. Some of those finds change what they thought they knew about the infancy of the cosmos. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently ...

Biochemistry Jun 28, 2023

The potential of generative AI to accelerate antiviral development and drug discovery

In a new study, researchers from IBM, Oxford University and Diamond Light Source show that IBM's AI Model, MoLFormer, can generate antiviral molecules for multiple target virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2, that can accelerate ...

Nanophysics Jun 27, 2023

Study shows hexagonal boron nitride has potential to replace diamond as quantum sensing material

Diamond has long been the go-to material for quantum sensing due to its coherent nitrogen-vacancy centers, controllable spin, sensitivity to magnetic fields, and ability to be used at room temperature. With such a suitable ...

Ecology Jun 22, 2023

How moths create invisibility cloaks preventing detection by predators using biosonar

Researchers from University of Bristol and Diamond Light Source have uncovered how moths create a powerful stealth cloak preventing detection by biosonar. This work (Bio-Inspired Urban Adaptations: What Insects Can Teach ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 20, 2023

Fast magnetic imaging with diamond-based quantum sensor technology

Microscopic imaging of magnetic fields, enabled by quantum sensing, allows the measurement of the unique magnetic fingerprint of objects. This opens the door for fundamentally new applications in various fields such as materials ...

Astronomy Jun 12, 2023

A white dwarf's journey to crystallizing into a celestial diamond

A group of space scientists from the University of Southern Queensland, the University of Victoria, the University of Warwick and the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research discovered a white dwarf star that ...

Biochemistry May 24, 2023

New way of machining tiny diamond rotors could improve protein studies

Many of the biological materials that researchers are most interested in studying, including those associated with major diseases, don't lend themselves to the conventional methods that researchers typically use to probe ...

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