Botswana's Karowe mine just produced a record-breaking 2,492-carat diamond, the largest unearthed in over a century.

Diamond is a promising material for data storage, and now scientists have demonstrated a new way to cram more data onto it, down to a single atom. The technique bypasses a physical limit by writing ...

If you've ever held or beheld a diamond, there's a good chance it came from a kimberlite. Over 70% of the world's diamonds ...

For centuries, diamond has been the reigning champion of hardness on Earth. However, a recent breakthrough in material ...

Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin — their other degree of freedom — is starting to be exploited. Spin defects make crystalline materials highly useful for ...

The Danoczi Solution (TDS) provides solutions to the mining of diamonds, gemstones and minerals for the maximisation of their recovery. Owner Jane Danoczi says that TDS focuses not only on tackling ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a new method for making 5-cm (2-in) wafers of diamond that could be used for quantum memory. The ultra-high purity of the diamond allows it to store a staggering ...