Rice University researchers have developed a way to stabilize diamond during high-temperature and low-pressure processing, creating a strong bulk composite and discovering that high-speed collisions ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. How molten carbon crystallizes into ...

Atoms in graphite under high pressure appear to form a simple structure made of interconnected, four-atom rings, according to new computer simulations that were compared with previous experimental ...

Rice University researchers developed a way to stabilize diamond during high-temperature and low-pressure processing, creating a strong bulk composite and discovering that high-speed collisions can ...

The pencil lead you use every day is influencing the future of electric vehicles (EVs).Would you be surprised to hear that?The black lead in pencils is made of a substance called "graphite."In fact, ...