In nature, diamonds form deep in the earth over billions of years. This process requires an exceptionally high pressure and an atmosphere with temperatures exceeding 1,000. Our international team has created two different types of diamonds at room temperature – and in a matter of minutes. For the first time …
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As a species, humans have inhabited almost every corner of the globe. We have developed the technologies and cultures that shape the world we live in. ‘Natural selection’ or ‘survival idea’ is understood in Stone Age times when we were fighting over the scrap of meat, but does it still …
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Jupiter’s moon is warmer than it should be about 8 million kilometers (3 483 million miles) away from the sun. It was believed that most of this extra warmth was provided by Jupiter, but now there is a new hypothesis: they are warming each other up. Jupiter is not acting …
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For the first time, pressure more than 100 times found in the Earth’s core has been generated in a lab, setting a new record. Using the highest energy laser system in the world, physicists have subjected short solid hydrocarbon samples to pressures up to 450 megabars, which means 450 million …
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The International Space Station (ISS), in Earth orbit at hundreds of kilometers altitude, is not perfectly airtight. Every day, the cabin loses a minute how much air, carefully controlled so that a viable atmospheric pressure can be maintained, and to identify leaks. Now the last one just happened, just two …
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