Sentences with phrase «nanodiamonds found»
The stone's noble gas content supports an extraterrestrial origin, while the presence of tiny diamonds — larger than nanodiamonds found in a common kind of meteorite called chondrites, but similar in size to diamond aggregates known to be formed by impacts — supports a cometary origin.
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The findings will likely guide future studies not only on the potential of nanodiamonds in drug delivery but also on fighting bacteria and treating viral diseases.
In tests, the researchers dispersed nanodiamonds in mineral oil and found that a very small concentration — one - tenth of a percent by weight — raised the thermal conductivity of the oil by 70 percent at 373 kelvins (about 211 degrees Fahrenheit).
Researchers have demonstrated how to control the «electron spin» of a nanodiamond while it is levitated with lasers in a vacuum, an advance that could find applications in quantum information processing, sensors and studies into the fundamental physics of quantum mechanics.
According to Richard Kerr's news item that accompanies the article in Science, at least some experts are skeptical that Kennett and others have really found nanodiamonds, or that, even if they have, they are necessarily evidence of an impact.