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An international team led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions has unveiled a near unbreakable substance that could rival diamond as the hardest material on earth.
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<p>Scientists have solved a decades-long puzzle and unveiled a near unbreakable substance that could rival diamond, as the hardest material on earth, a study says.</p>
<p>Researchers found that when carbon and nitrogen precursors were subjected to extreme heat and pressure, the resulting materials – known as carbon nitrides – were tougher than cubic boron nitride, the second hardest material after diamond.</p>