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Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity

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Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
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Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong and repeatable piezoelectric effect.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong and repeatable piezoelectric effect.

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Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong and repeatable piezoelectric effect.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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