The breakthrough puts Betavolt at the forefront of the race to commercialise nuclear batteries. A race that includes ...

A student Odyssey at Libby Center in Spokane has been named as a finalist in NASA's Power to Explore Challenge.

Ever wonder how a spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from the Sun can keep its lights on? After all, solar panels ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

Activation imaging using neutron-irradiated gold nanoparticles enables visualization of drug distribution in mice for several ...

The half-life for carbon-14 decay is ... The first radioisotope battery was developed in 1954 by the Atomic Energy Commission in the US. It used strontium-90 as the radioactive source and ...

The atomic energy of betavoltaic batteries can power a variety of devices, from aerospace and robots to your future ...

Volcanic deposits are rich in radioactive isotopes, which provide chemical signatures essential ... to measure the date of geological materials like rocks by measuring the decay of a radioactive ...

Radioisotope power systems harnesses the decay of radioisotopes to generate heat ... “The partnership forges Perpetual Atomics’s cutting-edge technology in radioisotope nuclear power systems with ...

Radioactive decay is a random process ... Radioactive sources contain radioactive isotopes that release radiation from the nuclei of their atoms. The radioactivity of a source decreases over time.

Limitless power from nuclear fusion may be a step closer following the accidental discovery of a new process to supply the isotope lithium-6, which is vital to providing fuel for a sustainable ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cut journey times across the solar system in half.