For generations, pressure has been treated as a normal almost necessary part of a child’s academic life. Parents often believe that a little fear, strictness, or push will “motivate” children to study ...

An old adage tells us that pressure can burst a pipe, but pressure can also make a diamond. It’s a soothing creed for life’s tumult. It applied most directly to me during my past life as a ...

This review outlines the research progress in the experiment-oriented discovery of new phases or unique properties under high pressure, including phase transition, abnormal compression, PL ...

Small, shiny flecks of carbon discovered in rocks in Arizona’s Canyon Diablo in 1967 may have been chemically identical to conventional diamonds, but physically they were strikingly different. The ...

Have you ever thought about all the ways pressure differences affect our lives? Pressure differences propel the vehicles we drive. The explosion in an internal combustion engine creates an extreme ...