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Unique straining affects phase transformations in silicon, a material vital for electronics

AMES, Iowa – When Valery Levitas left Europe in 1999, he packed up a rotational diamond anvil cell and brought it to the United States. He and the researchers in his group are still using a ...
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Diamonds And X-rays Open A New Window Into Earth’s Inner Core

The diamond anvil cell used in this experiment. (A) Symmetric Diamond Anvil Cell, (B) Schematic diagram of a diamond anvil. The orange circle is the area corresponding to (C, D) (C) Image of the top ...
Nature

Imaging magnetic transition of magnetite to megabar pressures using quantum sensors in diamond anvil cell

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
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An onion core: Researchers find hints of a multilayered centre of the Earth

An overview of the experimental setup at DESY in Hamburg reveals the vacuum chamber housing the high-temperature diamond anvil cell: The cell's orange colour comes from the light it emits at high ...