alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down14
arrow-up1471arrow-down1external-linkScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareHugh_JeggslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·24 days agoHeavily used in the building industry too. Concrete saws, tile cutters etc, all expensive as fuck
minus-squareCrack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoDiamonds are the hardest mineral known to humans, it’s what we use for all deep sea drilling and excavation.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agohyperdiamonds are harder still! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorod
minus-squareCrack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days 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.
Heavily used in the building industry too. Concrete saws, tile cutters etc, all expensive as fuck
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.