Diamonds may be a sparkling method to reduce costs of medical imaging, drug studies

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Microscopic images of diamond particles with nitrogen-vacancy defects. Courtesy of UC Berkeley. 

A new discovery involving diamonds may significantly cut costs related to medical imaging and drug-discovery devices, according to a team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California, Berkeley.