Crystallization in progress: 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 ...

The film discusses the significance of carbon, highlighting its presence in 90% of known compounds and its various forms, such as diamond and graphite. It explains the atomic structure of carbon, ...

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 ...

Carbon comes in many different structures, most famously graphite and diamond. Other forms were predicted to exist at extremely high pressures, but now researchers have examined carbon under the ...

A team of physicists at Yale University found that graphite, another form of carbon, becomes diamond-like under cold-compression to form a new product called M-carbon. M-carbon engagement rings, ...

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 ...

A new form of carbon that is hard enough to indent diamond has been created by a team of researchers from the US and China. The new material, known as ordered amorphous carbon clusters (OACC), is ...

Converting graphite into diamond has been a long held dream of alchemists the world over. In the modern era, materials scientists have puzzled over this process because it’s hard to work out why the ...

Waste graphite from nuclear plants could be used in cutting-edge diamond batteries. The graphite is used to harvest radioactive carbon, which, in diamond form, generates a low electrical current. The ...

Since prehistoric days, humans have been aware of the presence of carbon. When the cave people made a fire, they saw the formation of smoke. The black smoke color is indicatives of carbon particles ...