Cement is one of the most-used materials in the world, and one of the highest emitters of global CO 2 emissions. As demand for cement continues to grow, researchers are looking for alternatives to ...

Brian Gilbertson’s Pallinghurst had taken another step to enhance its coloured gemstone ambitions by opening a new coloured-gemstone cutting and polishing facility in Jaipur, India, Gemfields said on ...

You can soften your sweetie with diamonds, but to soften a diamond — the hardest material on Earth — takes some special chemistry. New research finds that a liquidlike layer of carbon at the interface ...

A scanning electron microscope image of gemstone processing waste. Researchers are exploring ways to use gemstone processing waste in cement, reducing the environmental impacts of both industries.