http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy (AFM), which images, measures, and manipulates matter at the nanoscale. http://www.physorg.com/news177073639.html Nanotechnology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:08:34 EST news177073639 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into many fields, including electronics. http://www.physorg.com/news172850785.html Physics Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:10:43 EST news172850785 (PhysOrg.com) -- 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 in Australia have now demonstrated the first laser built with diamonds that has comparable efficiency to lasers built with other materials. http://www.physorg.com/news172497349.html Physics Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:56:20 EST news172497349 The glittering diamonds are almost gone and as the lustre fades on South Africa's Diamond Coast, desperate ghost towns are left clinging to the last signs of life. http://www.physorg.com/news170217372.html Other Sciences Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:37:17 EST news170217372 Researchers in the Nanofabrication and Devices group at the Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc., and Innovative Micro Technology, have discovered that defects at the grain boundary in ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) hold primary responsibility for the fundamental mechanism of energy dissipation. http://www.physorg.com/news169309041.html Nanotechnology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:30:04 EST news169309041 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was published in the January 2009 edition of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources. http://www.physorg.com/news168536133.html Nanotechnology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:36:13 EST news168536133 (PhysOrg.com) -- The largest representation ever created of the atomic structure of diamond will be brought to the West End on Tuesday for public exhibition. The sculpture is one of three works of science art portraying carbon made in recent weeks by the University of Keele, and called collectively Carbon Rapture. http://www.physorg.com/news167290123.html Nanotechnology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:38:40 EST news167290123 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- In the quest for quantum information processing, diamonds may be a physicist's best friend. http://www.physorg.com/news159024814.html Physics Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:09 EST news159024814 (PhysOrg.com) -- No longer just an expensive ornament, diamonds are now of a sufficient size and quality to attract the eye of a team of physicists at Macquarie University, who are using them to develop a new more powerful laser. http://www.physorg.com/news148229641.html Physics Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:54:01 EST news148229641 (PhysOrg.com) -- Whoever thought that science was a dry subject might change their mind after learning about a new discovery in which tequila is turned into diamonds. A team of Mexican scientists found that the heated vapor from 80-proof (40% alcohol) tequila blanco, when deposited on a silicon or stainless steel substrate, can form diamond films. http://www.physorg.com/news145255770.html Chemistry Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:49:30 EST news145255770 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have developed a new technique for improving the properties of diamonds -not only adding sparkle to gemstones, but also simplifying the process of making high-quality diamond for scalpel blades, electronic components, even quantum computers. The results are published in the October 27-31 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. http://www.physorg.com/news144343883.html Physics Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:31:23 EST news144343883 Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic rocks? http://www.physorg.com/news137767686.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:48:06 EST news137767686