Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, is a method to determine the age of organic materials as old as 60,000 years. First developed in the 1940s at the University of Chicago by Willard ...

Willard F. Libby, the American chemist well-known as the discoverer of the carbon 14 (radiocarbon) dating technique for which he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960. Thirteen hominid teeth that ...

From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. It uses a technique called carbon ...

A team led by a researcher from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has achieved a milestone in prehistoric ...

Discovered: Stanford research encampment fueled solely by sun; Japanese lake key to updated carbon dating; expiring tax credit could stall wind power; global warming changes sea acoustics. Elephant ...

Radiocarbon dating has unmasked two forged paintings in France — probably the first time the technique has been used in a police investigation. The paintings were supposedly impressionist and ...

Geologic assessment of active tectonism depends on two key measures: the age and the amount of deformation of a given stratigraphic unit. The amount of deformation can normally be measured with ...