Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben's discovery of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 helped usher in a new era of dating ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Imagine a battery that doesn’t need replacing for thousands of years. That’s not science fiction—it’s the groundbreaking innovation that a group of researchers in the UK has recently achieved. By ...

A battery made of diamonds could power devices for thousands of years, scientists have announced. This battery would be powered by a diamond surrounding a radioactive isotope of carbon known as carbon ...

Long-lasting batteries can have a profound impact on life-saving medical devices and space-based technologies, and a new diamond battery could extend the lives of these power sources by thousands of ...

China's first batch of the carbon-14 isotope produced at a commercial reactor was officially dispatched on 16 May from the Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province. (Image: CNNC) China ...

On the left, identified organically bounded C-14 (OBC-14, red dots) in metabolites of zebrafish brain were labeled in the KEGG global pathway map. The blending of C-14 induced significant effects such ...