Researchers have discovered reidite, an extremely rare high-pressure mineral, within the Stac Fada rock formation in the Scottish Highlands. Formed from zircon during a massive meteorite impact 1.2 billion years…
An international research team has successfully synthesized ultra-hard carbon nitrides, a class of materials predicted in 1989 to rival diamond in hardness. By subjecting carbon and nitrogen to pressures exceeding…
Researchers discovered a rare dodecagonal quasicrystal in a fulgurite sample from the Nebraska Sandhills. This material, formed by a lightning strike on a power line, represents a new pathway for…
