A Chinese startup claims its new radioactive coin cell can provide power for decades. Here is why you shouldn't expect it in ...

Most nuclear energy is thermal. All that complex nuclear physics and chemistry serve merely to create steam that spins a turbine, the same as any combustion-based power plant does. But what if you ...

Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in. That constraint has shaped mission design for decades, from bulky ...

An international group of scientists has published a study that could lead to the world’s first “nuclear battery,” a technology capable of providing a million times more portable power than today’s ...

Betavolt, a Chinese firm, has revealed an atomic battery for customers that can last for half a century. The Betavolt BV100 will be the first product to come out using the firm’s new atomic battery ...