Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully developed the world’s first ...

Scientists in the UK have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, which could power low-energy devices like satellite communication equipment for over 5,000 years. The ...

If you read that headline and thought "okay, what's the catch," we'll spoil it for you: the "catch" is that the battery can only provide a very small amount of power, on the order of milliwatts. It's ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Scientists and engineers from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have announced the successful development of the world's first nuclear-powered battery. It uses a radioactive isotope embedded in a ...