Diamonds are widely known for their rarity and high cost, but beyond their role as luxury gemstones, they possess extraordinary properties that make them invaluable in engineering. Advances in ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

The intense heat and pressure at the Earth's core, deep beneath the surface, is enough to make diamonds out of carbon, scientists say. Researchers from Arizona State University's School of Earth and ...

Molten carbon can crystallize into diamond or graphite, but it has been difficult to study this process. New simulations show that graphite can sometimes "hijack" the pathway that would lead to ...

Diamonds from deep underground now reveal that the activities of life can have effects far beneath Earth's surface, researchers find. All life on Earth is based on carbon. This element moves through ...