After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

Japan's national nuclear research and development institute has developed what it calls the world's first uranium-based ...

Nuclear power has long been a reliable energy source, supplying nearly 20% of electricity in the United States. While it does ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a nuclear waste battery that could theoretically run for decades without needing to recharge.

Chinese researchers have developed the country's first carbon-14 nuclear battery, marking a milestone in the research and ...

Everyone from the U.S. energy secretary to Big Tech touts small modular nuclear reactors as a potential answer to booming ...

Many Ways To Split Atoms Nuclear power is often associated with massive power plants, giant cooling towers, and the fear of nuclear meltdown. This is progressively changing thanks to the emergence ...

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

The study, led by scientists at Ohio State University, demonstrates how ambient gamma radiation from nuclear waste can power microelectronics. While the current output is limited to small sensors, ...

Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill in the state legislature that sponsors say would provide an easier path to build ...

The prototype battery, measuring about four cubic centimeters (0.24 cubic inches), was tested with cesium-137 and cobalt-60—both common byproducts of nuclear fission. It generated 288 nanowatts ...