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Diamond v. Chakrabarty
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980), the 5-4 Supreme Court case holding that Ananda Chakrabarty's genetically engineered oil-eating Pseudomonas bacterium is patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as a manufacture or composition of matter, founding modern biotechnology patent law.
Diamond wire sawing
Diamond wire sawing is a wafer-slicing process in which steel wire coated with fixed diamond abrasive cuts hard, brittle materials such as silicon, silicon carbide, and sapphire into wafers.
Diamond-copper composite
The diamond-copper composite, also called copper-diamond composite, is a metal-matrix composite of diamond particles in copper, combining diamond's high thermal conductivity and low expansion with copper's processability.
Diamond-like carbon
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is an amorphous carbon coating whose diamond-like sp³ bonding gives high hardness (up to 3,000 HV) and low friction, deposited on tools, engine components, razor blades, and implants.
Diamond-like carbon coating
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating is a thin amorphous carbon film mixing diamond-like sp³ and graphite-like sp² bonds, combining hardness, low friction, and wear resistance in applications from automotive parts to razor blades.
Diamond–Blackfan anemia
Diamond–Blackfan anemia (DBA, DBA syndrome) is a rare inherited ribosomopathy causing infantile macrocytic anemia, malformations, and cancer predisposition, mostly from ribosomal protein gene mutations like RPS19; treated with steroids, transfusions, and HSCT.
Diamondback Energy
Diamondback Energy, Inc. is an American oil and gas company producing from the Permian Basin, the third-largest producer there after its 2024 merger with Endeavor Energy Resources.
Diamondback terrapin
Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), the only North American turtle living in brackish estuarine waters, ranges along Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Massachusetts to Texas; IUCN vulnerable, under ESA review since 2026, threatened chiefly by crab trap drowning.
Diamonds (Rihanna song)
Diamonds (Rihanna song): 2012 midtempo pop ballad written by Sia, produced by Benny Blanco and Stargate, lead single of Unapologetic; 12th Rihanna Hot 100 No. 1 for three weeks, nearly once recorded by Eminem.
Diamonds & Rust (song)
Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 folk song written by Joan Baez about Bob Dylan, released April 1975 on A&M, a Top 35 US hit, later covered as a heavy metal staple by Judas Priest on Sin After Sin (1977).
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is a 1991 studio album by the American musician Prince, his first with the New Power Generation, featuring the Billboard number-one single "Cream".
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a Jule Styne and Leo Robin show tune from the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, introduced by Carol Channing and made iconic by Marilyn Monroe's pink-dress 1953 film number.
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond film directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery as 007 investigating a diamond smuggling ring led by Blofeld.
Diamonds Are Forever (song)
"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) is the Shirley Bassey theme song for the seventh James Bond film, music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black; recorded at CTS Studios London, nearly rejected by producer Harry Saltzman as too sexy.
Diamonds from Heera
Diamonds From Heera is a 1986 album by the British bhangra group Heera. Directed by Deepak Khazanchi, it is regarded as an early example of Punjabi pop.
Diamthazole
Diamthazole (dimazole, Asterol), CAS 95-27-2, is a benzothiazole topical antifungal introduced in 1951 for tinea, withdrawn in France in 1972 and by the US FDA in 1977 over neurotoxic reactions.
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American primatologist, founded Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center in 1967, studied mountain gorillas for 18 years, wrote Gorillas in the Mist, founded the Digit Fund, and was murdered at Karisoke in 1985, case unsolved.
Dian Kingdom
The Dian Kingdom (滇国) was an ancient state centered on Dianchi Lake in present-day Yunnan, China, absorbed by the Han dynasty under Emperor Wu around 109 BC.
Dian Parkinson
Dian Parkinson (Dianna Lynn Batts, born 1944), American model, Miss World USA 1965 and Miss World first runner-up, and a Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right from 1975 to 1993; later sued and then dropped a harassment suit against Bob Barker.
Dian Wei (典韦)
Dian Wei (典韋), died 197 CE, was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard commander in the late Han, famed for wielding double halberds of eighty jin and for dying holding the gate at Wancheng during Zhang Xiu's rebellion; known from the Sanguozhi and the novel.
Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam
Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam is a 1932 Indonesian novel by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, published by Balai Pustaka, telling of a poor villager's failed love for a wealthy young woman.
Diana
Diana is the Roman goddess identified with Greek Artemis, but originally an independent Italic Latin deity of woods, the moon, and childbirth. Key markers: the Aventine federal temple, the slave-priest Rex Nemorensis at Lake Nemi, and her protection of women, slaves, and outcasts.
Diana (2013 film)
Diana (2013) is Oliver Hirschbiegel's biographical drama starring Naomi Watts as Diana, Princess of Wales, and Naveen Andrews as Hasnat Khan, covering her final two years, land-mine campaign, and secret affair; critically panned at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Diana (mythology)
Diana (Roman mythology): ancient Italic goddess of the moon, wild places, hunt, and childbirth, later identified with the Greek Artemis; Aventine temple of Servius Tullius, dies servorum festival, and the rex Nemorensis priesthood at Nemi.
Diana Ankudinova
Diana Ankudinova (Диана Анкудинова), Russian contralto singer born 2003 in Arsenyev; winner of Ty Super! season 2 and its Superseason Grand Prix, Showmaskgoon, and Mask contestant; albums D.A. and TIS.
Diana Armstrong (world record holder)
Diana Armstrong is an American woman from Minneapolis whose record fingernails, measured at 42 ft 10.4 in in 2022, earned her two Guinness World Records.
Diana B. Petitti
Diana B. Petitti, also known as Diana Petitti, is an American epidemiologist and preventive-medicine physician and clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix.
Diana Barrymore
Diana Barrymore (Diana Strange Blythe, 1921-1960), American actress and socialite, daughter of John Barrymore and Michael Strange; Broadway and Universal films, memoir Too Much, Too Soon (1957), died by suicide at 38.
Diana Bianchedi
Diana Bianchedi, born 1969 in Milan, is an Italian foil fencer and sports executive: two Olympic team golds (Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000), five world team titles, first female CONI vice president, and Milano Cortina 2026 strategy chief.
Diana C. Hargreaves
Diana C. Hargreaves is an American molecular biologist and professor at the Salk Institute who studies how the BAF chromatin remodeling complex shapes immune function and cancer therapy response.