alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down14
arrow-up1473arrow-down1external-linkScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareCrack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoDiamonds are the hardest mineral known to humans, it’s what we use for all deep sea drilling and excavation.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agohyperdiamonds are harder still! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorod
minus-squareCrack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe’ll be using that shit to mine asteroids in the next few hundred years or less. Crazy when you think about how far science has been going.
Diamonds are the hardest mineral known to humans, it’s what we use for all deep sea drilling and excavation.
hyperdiamonds are harder still!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorod
We’ll be using that shit to mine asteroids in the next few hundred years or less. Crazy when you think about how far science has been going.