Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

Ohio State University researchers develop a battery that converts nuclear waste into electricity using scintillator crystals ...

World War II, a report co-authored by environmental studies researcher Amanda Nichols finds that nuclear radiation ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 ...

The path to removing the plant’s estimated 880 tons of nuclear debris is fraught with technical and human risks ...

Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are tiny but resilient microorganisms capable of surviving the ...

Fourteen years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, radiation levels have decreased, but decommissioning efforts remain ...

First responders undergo all kinds of training exercises, including some of the most drastic scenarios — including nuclear ...

Using an infrared pulsed carbon dioxide laser, project leader Howard Milchberg and his team showed that they could detect low ...

A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout ...