The Cool Down on MSN2mon
Scientists create mind-blowing nuclear battery that can power devices for decades: 'A sustained and stable green glow'
Chinese scientists are leveraging americium, which has usually been written off as nuclear waste, as part of a reaction ...
ZME Science on MSN3mon
This New Micronuclear Battery Could Last For Decades
The proposed micronuclear battery is made up of americium, a man-made radioactive element produced during the fission of ...
Royal Society of Chemistry5y
Chemistry in its element: americium
But there's at least one substance in the periodic table that was named in response to a nearby element, and that's americium, the element that looks as if it should be pronounced [AMER-ICK-IUM]. It ...
Hackaday7y
Soviet Era Smoke Detector Torn Down, Revealing Plutonium
It’s widely known that a smoke detector is a good ionizing radiation source, as they contain a small amount of americium-241, a side product of nuclear reactors. But what about other sources?
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Emily Jane Watkinson
The team leads the R&D of americium-based RTG and RHU technologies as part of the ESA RPS program. Emily Jane specifically leads the surrogate fuels research and works with national and international ...