Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon ...

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

Atomic structure of the hexagonal diamond. Image from the study. Researchers named it lonsdaleite, after crystallographer ...

Scientists create first-of-its-kind ‘hexagonal diamond’ harder than real thing - Material exhibits slightly higher hardness than naturally found diamond ...

Scientists created a pure hexagonal diamond in the lab, confirming a long-debated carbon structure slightly harder than natural diamonds.

Chinese scientists have created the first-ever pure hexagonal diamond, a material that's tougher and harder than natural diamond.

A team of researchers has reported the first laboratory synthesis and recovery of bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal form long predicted to be harder than the conventional gems used in cutting tools ...

Researchers in China have made what they claim to be the first samples of pure hexagonal diamond, a theorised rare variant of superstrong diamond found in meteorites from shattered dwarf planets, ...

Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its ...

Carbon forms the graphite in pencils, the diamonds in jewelry and the molecules that make up every living thing. But under ...