Researchers crush diamond with biggest laser in world

Researchers crush diamond with biggest laser in world
Livermore, Calif. (UPI) Jul 17, 2013 - Scientists wanted to better understand what conditions are like deep inside giant, carbon-rich planets. To find out, they blasted a diamond with the world's biggest laser. "The goal of the shots is to try and create planetary core conditions on Earth," explained Ray Smith, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. "And by that I mean very high pressure and rel ... more

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