Nuclear power has long been a reliable energy source, supplying nearly 20% of electricity in the United States. While it does not emit carbon dioxide, it produces radioactive waste that remains ...

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

Researchers may have found a way to create a nuclear waste battery that could theoretically run for decades without needing ...

Cobalt-60 is a radioactive material that emits lethal gamma radiation. Used in industry, medicine, and even theoretical doomsday weapons, how dangerous is this silent threat? Find out now!

In contrast, exposure to cobalt-60, a more intense radiation source ... making it safe to handle despite utilizing highly penetrating gamma radiation. The researchers observed that power output varied ...

“Nuclear waste emits powerful gamma radiation, a high-energy form that ... Laboratory using two radioactive sources: cesium-137 and cobalt-60. The battery produced 288 nanowatts of power when ...

Gamma sterilization from cobalt-60 sources has two great virtues: simplicity and reliability. Accelerators also have advantages: the fact that only electricity is needed to power them and the ...

It is administered in two main ways: from outside the body using X-rays or gamma rays from radioactive cobalt; from inside the body by putting radioactive materials into the tumour, or close to it.

Radiotherapy is one of the most widely used therapies for cancer treatment. It consists of using radiation in its different forms (X-rays, Gamma rays, particles) to harm and destroy tumours, either ...