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This tiny atomic battery could change the world

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China’s Betavolt just cracked the code on the miniature atomic battery , also known as nuclear battery , igniting a new era of long-lasting power with potential to revolutionize industries. What is an atomic battery (nuclear battery)? Energy conversion: Semiconductor converters transform the decay energy into electricity.

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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Building on an earlier interest in space and spacecraft , I’d gotten very interested in physics, and was trying to read everything I could about it. There were several shelves of physics books at the local bookstore. The other books I’d read had all basically said “physics works like this”. The lambda hyperon.