Radiocarbon dating, or carbon dating (and sometimes carbon-14 dating), is a method used to determine the age of certain objects of a biological nature. This groundbreaking technique relies on the ...

Scientists are developing a new type of nuclear diamond battery capable of generating power continuously for thousands of years, without ever needing to be recharged. The technology, described by ...

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 ...

The carbon-14 isotope is being produced at the Qinshan nuclear power plant, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. The Qinshan plant (Image: CNNC) According to CNNC the development means ...

China’s CNNC has made its first major carbon-14 isotope export, boosting its role in the global nuclear medicine market.

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 ...

In brief: Researchers from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority have created the world's first-ever diamond battery powered by radioactive carbon-14. The invention could prove ...

Martin Kamen, the scientist who co-discovered the radioactive isotope carbon-14, died on 31 August at his home in Santa Barbara, California. He was 89 years old. Kamen discovered carbon-14 in 1940 in ...

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