In nuclear beta decay an up quark ‘u’ in a proton converts into an up down quark ‘d,’ turning the proton into a neutron and emitting a positron and a neutrino. This work affects ...

To achieve this, the AMoRE collaboration tried to observe neutrinoless double beta decay using molybdenum-100 (100 Mo), a radioactive isotope of molybdenum with an atomic number of 42 and a mass ...

New experiments on thallium decay have helped determine the Sun formed over 10–20 million years, improving stellar nucleosynthesis models. Have you ever wondered how long it took our Sun to form in ...

Ryan Amberger is headed to Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he will spend the next year studying nuclear astrophysics — specifically, the process behind the creation of half of the elements ...

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) warns that Iran's nuclear program has reached an "extremely ...

However, the nuclear battery's advantages extend beyond ... electricity through beta particles emitted during radioactive decay – a safer and more compact alternative. Betavolt notes that ...

Researchers are always developing better battery technologies, hoping to find ones that last a long time and never need to be recharged—and this month, we have yet another exciting breakthrough. South ...

A coin-sized nuclear 3V battery has entered mass production. The battery, which is produced by Betavolt, can produce energy for 50 years.

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

A Chinese company has developed a groundbreaking nuclear battery the size of a coin that can last up to 50 years without ...

A new report by the feds says cleanup at the Hanford site will take until 2086, with other work needed until 2100.

But now, a new generation of batteries can trap energy from beta particles, which are electrons or positrons that fly away from their atomic nuclei during radioactive decay. This acts somewhat ...