Researchers have unveiled ice XXI, a new form of ice that's solid at room temperatures when subjected to immense pressure.

A study on the diamond formation titled 'Diamond formation kinetics in shock-compressed C─H─O samples recorded by small-angle x-ray scattering and x-ray diffraction' has been published in the journal ...

Scientists have turned plastic into diamonds. Using high-powered lasers, the team zapped samples of PET, the common material used in plastic bottles, to produce intense heat and pressure to form tiny ...

A strange new phase of ice has been discovered during experiments with the world's largest X-ray laser. Meet ice XXI, a ...

Ice cream comes in many different flavors. But even pure ice, which consists only of water molecules, has been discovered to exist in more than 20 different solid forms or phases that differ in the ...

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature but requires extreme levels of pressure.

Gemstones might not seem so valuable if they literally rained from the sky, but that's thought to be a common weather pattern on ice giant planets. Now scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator ...

t particle accelerator facilities around the world, scientists rely on powerful X-rays to reveal the structure and behavior of atoms and molecules. Now, researchers from the Department of Energy’s ...

Tomorrow's lasers may come with a bit of bling, thanks to a new technology that uses man-made diamonds to enhance the power and capabilities of lasers. Researchers have now demonstrated the first ...

While diamond lasers have been around for a number of years, they have not been powerful enough to cut through steel until now. Since the recent improvement of CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) ...