Diamonds usually take billions of years to form, but now, scientists in Australia say they have sped up the diamond-making process into just a matter of minutes! They are now able to make the ...

Diamonds form deep within the Earth's mantle, around 250 kilometers below the surface, where immense pressure (up to 10 GPa) and temperatures (around 2,200 °C) compress carbon into diamonds over ...

Interestingly, this improved extraction method has created an unexpected challenge: a glut of giant diamonds too large for typical jewelry use. The glut hasn't been helped by automation in the diamond ...