A significant quantity of the highly valuable and radioactive metal americium was uncovered in a covert operation led by the District Prosecutor's Office in Plovdiv, in collaboration with the Ministry ...

When you picture a sci-fi energy source, glowing green crystals are right up there. Scientists in China have now demonstrated ...

A team of physicists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China has developed an extremely small nuclear ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking nuclear battery with unprecedented efficiency, capable of powering devices for ...

A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly ...

The short video below shows the Pomelo in use on samples of radioactive americium and thorium, showing different spectra for each. [mihai.cuciuc] took inspiration for the Pomelo from this DIY ...