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Biological Mysteries Decoded with Radiocarbon Dating

Bruce Buchholz loads a wheel of samples into the spectrometer at the Laboratory’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) to determine the materials’ concentration of carbon-14. The inset shows a closeup of a sample holder. Some text is included on the image. (Download Image)

Using bomb-pulse dating, Livermore researchers help solve cold cases and clear up mysteries about the human brain and eye.

Dec. 1, 2013

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