This work proposes studying the softening kinetics of aluminum alloy 7075-T6. Firstly, AA 7075 strips were overaged (300°C and 5 hours). Then, the overaged strips were cold-rolled at room temperature ...

“When love’s gone, they luster on,” sang Shirley Bassey in 1971’s "Diamonds Are Forever." Well, come 2026, that maxim might be truer—with researchers in China reporting that they have succeeded in ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...

To misquote a famous song, "Diamonds are industry's best friend." Cubic diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth and is used in everything from precision cutting tools to high-performance ...

President, Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. One of the recurring themes in this column over the past few years has been the development of new test methods for sandwich composites. This is primarily a ...

A harder form of diamond that has eluded scientists for decades can now be synthesised in the laboratory, and could be used to make extremely tough cutting and drilling tools. Diamonds as we know them ...