Physicists in Germany have created a material that is harder than diamond. Natalia Dubrovinskaia and colleagues at the University of Bayreuth made the new material by subjecting carbon-60 molecules to immense pressures. The new form of carbon, which is known as aggregated diamond nanorods, is expected to have many industrial applications
from Diamonds are not forever, Physics Web
cheers stu for the heads up…
Brogden Bows Out
New South Wales Liberal leader (and my local member) has resigned following the surfacing of his racist slurs against Bob Carr’s wife. He should also resign as local member for Pittwater in my opinion, but it seems racist politicians are given more second chances than others by the Australia population (see Pauline Hanson, John Howard etc).
More from the Sydney Morning Herald…
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