Lithium-ion batteries power your smartphone, electric vehicle, and wireless earbuds. However, even the best lithium-ion batteries degrade, forcing us into a never-ending cycle of charging and replacing.

A team led by Su-Il In, a professor at South Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, is developing an innovative solution: radiocarbon-powered nuclear batteries

Imagine never charging your phone again or having a pacemaker that lasts a lifetime. Scientists are developing tiny nuclear batteries powered by radiocarbon, a safe and abundant by-product of nuclear plants.