Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORNL researchers are exploring two ways to transform coal into graphite. One uses coal char, a solid byproduct, while the other ...

Molten carbon can form into either diamond or graphite. A new study shows how graphite can sometimes form even under conditions that should lead to diamond. (Getty Images) The graphite found in your ...

Four British universities have been awarded funding to collaborate on research on securing a domestic supply of nuclear graphite and finding solutions to managing the country's stockpile of irradiated ...