Diamonds

Quantum news: IonQ and Accenture announce partnership and a startup uses diamonds as qubits 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 23, 2021
Quantum news: IonQ and Accenture announce partnership and a startup uses diamonds as qubits

By David Aragorn
Carbide Planets May Be Made Of Silica and Diamonds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 19, 2020
Extrasolar planets hosted by stars with sufficiently high carbon-to-oxygen ratios could be made of diamonds and silica, according to new research by Arizona State University and the University of Chicago.

By David Aragorn
Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries with ‘near-infinite power’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 27, 2020
Thousands of tonnes of radioactive materials could be used to power everything from pacemakers to spacecraft

By David Aragorn
Diamonds Buried 400 Miles Below Surface Could Explain Mysterious Earthquakes 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 17, 2019
What’s driving Earth’s deepest earthquakes? Diamonds may hold answers.

By David Aragorn
Diamonds in your devices: Powering the next generation of energy storage 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 6, 2019
Our use of battery-operated devices and appliances has been increasing steadily, bringing with it the need for safe, efficient, and high-performing power sources.

By David Aragorn
This Is the World’s First Diamond Within a Diamond 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- October 10, 2019
The so-called Russian nesting doll diamond is the first of its kind to ever be found.

By David Aragorn
Physicists Teleport Quantum Information inside Diamond 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2019
A team of physicists at the Yokohama National University, Japan, has successfully demonstrated quantum teleportation — the remote exchange of quantum states — in a diamond.

By David Aragorn
Diamond detectors could aid the search for dark matter 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 26, 2019
The particles could be spotted when they slam into electrons or atomic nuclei in the crystals

By David Aragorn
Diamond-studded meteorites came from the collision of a lost planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 18, 2018
When our solar system was in its infancy 4.5 billion years ago, a swarm of protoplanets swirled around the sun—some of which coalesced into larger and larger masses, while others were blasted to smithereens in a demolition derby of planetary proportions.

By David Aragorn
Scientists use diamond in world’s first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 22, 2018
The maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation), the older microwave frequency sibling of the laser, was invented in 1954. However unlike lasers, which have become widespread, masers are much less widely used because in order to function they must be cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero (-273°C).

By David Aragorn