The diamond and radioactive waste battery works for 28.000 years
A battery with radioactive graphite waste trapped in thin layers of diamond can power devices for thousands of years.
A battery with radioactive graphite waste trapped in thin layers of diamond can power devices for thousands of years.
Breaking down the half-life of nuclear waste would revolutionize energy on Earth. An ambitious goal, but the Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou dreams of achieving it.
Alberto Robiati and Gianluca Riccio guide readers through scenarios of the future: the opportunities, risks and possibilities we have to create a possible tomorrow.
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