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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 have now demonstrated the first ...

In context: Diamonds are among the most promising materials for tech applications, such as fast telecommunications and power conversion in electric vehicles or power plants. However, diamonds aren't ...

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KILLEEN, Texas, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A new technique using lasers could be employed to identify so-called conflict gemstones, identifying their country of origin, U.S. researchers say. In a test, the ...

Physicists have used the world's most powerful laser to zap diamonds. The results, they say, could tell us more about the cores of giant planets. "Diamonds have very special properties, besides being ...

Diamonds are forever and they are a girl’s best friend. They are also among a class of materials known as ultrawide-bandgap ...

A laser blast produces miniature diamonds from plain-old plastic. That’s right, the same kind used in soda bottles. When squeezed to about a million times Earth’s atmospheric pressure and heated to ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - Although they may transfer ownership of a facility, it is guaranteed that the command will not be a stranger for long. The High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White ...

Diamond-based lasers are being prepared for medical use, as well as pollution-monitoring and aeronautical engineering. Research at the University of Strathclyde was funded by the Engineering and ...