Molten carbon can form into either diamond or graphite. A new study shows how graphite can sometimes form even under conditions that should lead to diamond. (Getty Images) The graphite found in your ...

Diamond coated graphite end mills improve machining stability, surface finish, and wear resistance for high-precision ...

This illustration depicts a new technique that uses a pulsing laser to create synthetic nanodiamond films and patterns from graphite, with potential applications from biosensors to computer chips.

Converting graphite into diamond has been a long held dream of alchemists the world over. In the modern era, materials scientists have puzzled over this process because it’s hard to work out why the ...

A team of scientists from two universities in China have synthesized a material harder than diamond in the laboratory. When carbon is subjected to extreme heat and pressure within the Earth, it can ...

M-carbon engagement rings, get’em while they’re cold! Diamonds are not the only form of carbon created using high pressure. A team of physicists at Yale University found that graphite, another form of ...

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 ...

Molten carbon can crystallize into diamond or graphite, but it has been difficult to study this process. New simulations show that graphite can sometimes "hijack" the pathway that would lead to ...