Spain to invest $868 million in Diamond Foundry chip plantThe Spanish government will invest 753 million euros ($868 million) in a new microchip manufacturing plant belonging to US company Diamond ...
25 Nov, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
Lab grown diamond startup Firefly raises $3 million from WestBridge Capital, othersFirefly, a lab-grown diamond startup, operates stores in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, and aims to scale up to more than 20 locat...
25 Mar, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
New-age firms say lab-grown diamonds are not 'synthetic'New-age jewelry brands are opposing the term 'synthetic' for lab-grown diamonds (LGDs), citing incorrect equivalence with diamond simulants...
04 Dec, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Could Mercury really have a hidden diamond layer? Explore the new findingsResearchers speculate that Mercury may have a thick diamond layer below the surface. They discovered that graphite may change into diamond ...
02 Aug, 2024, 07.55 PM IST
How Diamond Consumers Can Avoid the Dangers of Greenwashing03 Jan, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
India set to become a major hub of lab-grown diamondsIndia accounts for about a quarter of the estimated global laboratory-grown diamonds output of 6 to 7 million carats.
18 Mar, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
How synthetic diamonds grow decodedThe researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US also discovered how big the seeds need to be to k...
06 Aug, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
Jewellers advise public to insist for invoice during diamonds purchaseit as a synthetic diamond.But, heSince, a consumer cannot tell the difference between a synthetic and natural diamond, a few reputed jewell...
16 Jul, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
Diamonds can help identify cancers earlyScientists have devised a way to use diamonds to identify cancerous tumours before they become life threatening.
11 Oct, 2015, 02.44 PM IST
Why De Beers lab makes diamonds it will never sellThe aim is to create new gems that can fool the detection machines so that the company will have a sense of what it will be up against from...
10 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Why De Beers lab near London makes diamonds it will never sellThe company’s Element Six unit, named for the carbon atom’s rank on the periodic table, makes gems that are as perfect as any found at Tiff...
08 Oct, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Why De Beers lab near London makes diamonds it will never sellScientists at De Beers can make near- flawless diamonds in a lab, but they will never sell you one.
08 Oct, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Want to make a diamond in 10 weeks? Use a microwaveWhile man-made gems make up just a fraction of the $80 billion-global diamond market, demand is increasing as buyers look for stones that a...
28 Aug, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
NRI-owned firm to develop new techniques for diamond industryThe 200,000-square-foot facility will use the company's patented diamond-growing process to produce colourless, high quality diamonds.
17 Mar, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
Soon, synthetic vaccine to fight polioScientists from the UK and US are using a technology that helped in the design of a new synthetic vaccine to fight the FMDV to target the v...
16 Feb, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Diamonds could lead to faster, more powerful computersResearchers worldwide are working to develop the so-called "spintronics," which could make computers simultaneously faster and more powerfu...
24 Mar, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
- Lab tag for synthetic diamonds
It’s a tiny investment, but crucial for the future of the Rs 65,000-crore Indian gems and jewellery industry.
19 May, 2007, 03.19 AM IST