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Baby carrots? My mind has been thoroughly blown the last few days.

Diamonds
U.S. team creates diamond aerogel in lab by emulating Mother Nature

Researchers find new phase of carbon, make diamond at room temperature

Forget Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes, Get Ready for Diamond Nanothread | MIT Technology Review

Gold
A new form of real gold, almost as light as air

Swiss researchers create unscratchable gold

This One-Pound Gamma-Ray Sensor Can Find Gold on Asteroids