Diamonds can now be created from scratch in the lab in just 15 minutes (www.earth.com)

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Scientists have revolutionized diamond synthesis with a groundbreaking method that creates diamonds at room temperature and pressure.

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[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

If you were thinking of reading the article, know first that the picture of the diamond shown above is bullshit. This process can only produce microscopic films of diamond.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Basically the best version of it.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago

So diamond tipped tools will be cheap now, right? RIGHT?!?

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

They’ve been using industrial diamonds for decades, they would be more expensive if they were using natural.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No. They’ll stay the same price because profits.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

They'll be the same price because industrial diamonds aren't something new and were incredibly cheap already.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

nah, they'll increase in price, but for more of the same reason.

[-] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

So are we at peak DeBeers?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

That ended when people realized about blood-diamonds. But this should certainly accelerate their downfall.

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