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LLNL researchers have spent decades investigating diamond under extreme conditions. About 20 years ago, lab scientist Jon ...

MIT uses laser pulses and ultrafast X-rays to map microscopic heat flow in multilayer semiconductors, exposing hidden defect ...

A U.S. government lab has recreated the truly alien conditions that melt diamonds deep inside ice giant planets—and the technique could triple the energy gains for some fusion reactors.

An X-ray experiment at Cornell recently did something unusual: It decided for itself where to take its next measurement.In a ...

Scientists found that once the coating has been breached, the exposed metal sits in a salty drop with a fresh electrical ...

THERE is a particular kind of sentence that can make the scientifically curious person sit up a little straighter: ‘Your mind does not merely observe reality; ...

Far beneath Earth’s surface, the inner core is squeezed and heated to conditions so extreme that some of its ingredients may behave in an unexpected way. Experiments from researchers at Science Tokyo ...