Physicists have taken a gemstone better known for engagement rings and turned it into a laboratory for one of the strangest ...

The nuclear physics group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is looking for evidence of new physics in neutrons, electrically neutral particles that hold atomic nuclei together with an ...

An experiment in China using diamonds has put quantum code-breaking a step closer to reality, threatening to one day break the digital encryption technologies that safeguard banks, governments and the ...

1000 days later: after nearly three years, the cement samples are still changing The longest-running synchrotron experiment has reached 1000 days. The experiment has been taking place at the Long ...

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) particle detection systems use Element Six synthetic diamond in their first line of defence against beam-induced radiation damage in their recently ...

Diamond, the hardest material in the word, has been squeezed with the world's largest laser to help understand what happens to matter exposed to the enormous pressures in the centers of stars and gas ...

Blue Nile’s diamond engagement ring display at the Seattle Nordstrom. (Blue Nile Photo) Blue Nile built its business selling diamond rings online, but the Seattle-based e-commerce company is now ...