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

Chinese scientists claim to have created the long theorised hexagonal diamond, stronger than the real thing, and only found ...

Diamond is famously known as the hardest mineral on Earth. “There are hundreds of claims from people who believe they have seen it,” says Oliver Tschauner, a mineralogical crystallographer at the ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

To misquote a famous song, "Diamonds are industry's best friend." Cubic diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth and is used in everything from precision cutting tools to high-performance ...

Scientists around the world are analyzing Mars for any signs of past life, and now a new study has provided evidence that suggests Mars once had the right conditions for life to form. So, why is this ...