alphacyberranger to Uplifting [email protected]English • 1 month agoScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.commessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1475cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1475external-linkScientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new processwww.livescience.comalphacyberranger to Uplifting [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square77fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoDiamonds are the hardest mineral known to humans, it’s what we use for all deep sea drilling and excavation.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoiceslinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agohyperdiamonds are harder still! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorod
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month 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.
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.