In a global first, researchers from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Bristol have created a diamond battery using radioactive decay from carbon-14. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...