{"id":155906,"date":"2026-08-11T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155906"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:00:09","slug":"tougher-than-armour-hard-as-diamond-chinas-unbreakable-crystal-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155906","title":{"rendered":"Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China\u2019s unbreakable crystal breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have created a diamond with no Achilles\u2019 heel \u2013 one that cannot be broken, even by a hard knock with a hammer \u2013 according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Synthesis.<br \/>\nWhile a diamond is the hardest natural material on Earth, it has a major weakness. It is brittle, like glass, and a sharp blow can shatter it. For years, scientists have tried to make diamonds tougher without losing their legendary hardness.<br \/>\nTypically, increasing one characteristic has&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3362770\/tougher-armour-hard-diamond-chinas-unbreakable-crystal-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have created a diamond with no Achilles\u2019 heel \u2013 one that cannot be broken, even by a hard knock with a hammer&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155906"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}