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World's 1st nuclear-diamond battery of its kind could power devices for 1000s of years

The world's first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14 to power devices for more than 10,000 years.

LiveScience · Dec 16, 2024

Voters broadly accept Reeves’s £40bn of tax rises, research shows

Almost half of those surveyed by Bristol academics said increases were ‘necessary’ to improve public services

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024

Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels

A UK research team built carbon-14 diamond batteries that could potentially deliver power for thousands of years.

Tom’s Hardware · Dec 5, 2024

'I have to accept it': Zdeněk Štybar on the rare condition which curtailed his cyclocross career

A rare arterial condition curtailed Zdeněk Štybar illustrious career but not before one last heroic home tilt at the cyclo-cross Worlds

Cycling Weekly · Oct 1, 2024

Isambard 2, the world's first Arm-based supercomputer, retires after six years of service — Isambard 3 will tap Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchips

Prof. McIntosh-Smith of the University of Bristol announced that the Isambard-2 supercomputer will finally retire after six years of service on September 30, 2024.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 28, 2024

Gambling ads during Premier League opening weekend nearly triple, study shows

They said the findings highlight the explosion of gambling marketing and how the industry’s current self-regulation is failing

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Meet LUCA, the 4.2 billion-year-old cell that's the ancestor of all life on Earth today

New research gives insight into when the ancestor of all living things lived, and it's earlier than we thought.

LiveScience · Aug 23, 2024

Opioid painkillers put millions at risk of addiction or dependency – study

Research finds one in three people taking the drugs show signs of becoming dependent, and one in eight are at risk from misuse

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

Man graduates 41 years after being denied ceremony by parrot problem

Jonny Clothier was refused graduation at Bristol University over unpaid bill relating to flatmate’s bird

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Dogs affected by the smell of human stress, study finds

The study found that the smell of stress released through human sweat and breath can change the behaviour

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024