DESPITE SHIRLEY BASSEY’S refrain, belted out at the start of a James Bond film from 1971, diamonds may not be for ever. At least when it comes to natural ones. On May 4th Pandora became the first big ...

These diamond makers create one of the most amazing materials on Earth — from dead people. For centuries, diamonds were one of the most mysterious materials on Earth. They were beautiful, ...

Diamonds, among the hardest materials in the world, are formed from millions of years of geological pressure and must be extracted from mines deep in the earth. But stones with the same chemical ...

Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

In nature, diamonds form deep in the Earth over billions of years. This process requires environments with exceptionally high pressure and temperatures exceeding 1,000℃. Our international team has ...