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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has embarked on an innovative project to develop a small nuclear battery that converts ...

Normally, any free neutrons decay in roughly 15 minutes ... matter takes on perhaps its strangest form yet: the "nuclear ...

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Exotic nuclei near and beyond the proton drip line exhibit a range of unique decay processes, including β-delayed proton ...