The carbon-14 diamond battery, is a groundbreaking discovery that could 5,700 years without ever needing to recharge.

At its core, the diamond battery thrives on decay — specifically, the decay of the carbon-14 isotope. Carbon-14 is best known ...

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have synthesized a Bi5⁻ ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, ...