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Mindwolf · 3284 days ago · link · · parent · post: Researchers find new phase of carbon, make diamond at room temperature.
What makes this different from standard lab grown diamonds is that there were only originally only two known phases of solid carbon, graphite and diamond. Making a lab grown diamond required large amounts of heat and pressure. This new phase that they discovered (which is magnetic by the way, how cool it that?) only required ambient pressure and temperature. Yes this will lead to cheaper lab grown diamonds but it is also an amazing discovery in its own right. Oh, and get well soon!