Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.
A lab-grown diamond that sips energy from carbon-14 could power tiny devices for millennia. Here’s what’s real today—and ...
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NASA researchers are testing to use nuclear battery to increase the life of future spacecraft to four centuries
NASA researchers are testing to use nuclear battery to increase the life of future spacecraft to four centuries Space is ...
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This Nuclear Battery Won’t Quit For 433 Years—NASA’s Most Ambitious Power Source Yet
A battery that lasts more than four centuries? That’s exactly what NASA and the University of Leicester are currently testing. Their goal: to develop a new nuclear battery powered by americium-241, a ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is testing a new type of nuclear battery, powered by the radioactive isotope Americium-241, which can provide power to space probes for up to ...
After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, Illinois lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming ...
A series of modules make up a crucial part of a facility looking to turn fusion power into electricity generation.
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