Nanodiamonds

While there are already clothing materials that help keep wearers cool simply by allowing heat to escape, an experimental new fabric coating goes a step further. Utilizing a whole bunch of nanodiamonds, it actually draws heat away from the body.

A new method converts carbon from a variety of sources straight into useful forms such as graphene or diamond. The technique uses a “flash” of electricity to heat the carbon, converting it into a final form determined by the length of the flash.

"Broken nanodiamonds are forever," or so says a team of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory. By combining broken nanodiamonds with molybdenum disulfide layers, they've produced a self-generating, very-low-friction dry lubricant with hundreds of applications that lasts practically forever.

Researchers have found that adding nanodiamonds to laundry detergent doubles its effectiveness in cold water.