Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its ...

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon ...

Chinese scientists have created the first-ever pure hexagonal diamond, a material that's tougher and harder than natural ...

Atomic structure of the hexagonal diamond. Image from the study. Researchers named it lonsdaleite, after crystallographer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists report creating pure hexagonal diamond, resolving a long debate about the rare meteorite mineral lonsdaleite. (CREDIT: ...

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

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Researchers in China have made what they claim to be the first samples of pure hexagonal diamond, a theorised rare variant of ...

A team of researchers has reported the first laboratory synthesis and recovery of bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal form long ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul Alivisatos ...