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 ...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to become the home of the state’s first radiocarbon dating laboratory after federal funding for the project was secured through congressional appropriations. ...

A team led by a researcher from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has achieved a milestone in prehistoric archaeology by confirming through absolute dating the age of several parietal ...

- Notre-Dame revealed - Carbon dating can be used on bones, wood and more, but the French lab has developed new methods allowing them to date materials that do not directly derive from living ...