A Chinese startup claims its new radioactive coin cell can provide power for decades. Here is why you shouldn't expect it in your smartphone soon.

Russia is advancing long-life nickel‑63 betavoltaic “nuclear batteries” for aerospace and remote systems, targeting mass production by 2028–2029.

Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in. That constraint has shaped mission design for decades, from bulky ...

A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Su-Il In, has developed a new type of nuclear battery called a perovskite betavoltaic cell (PBC), ...

In 1970, surgeons in Paris implanted the first nuclear-powered pacemaker, and over the next five years, at least 1,400 additional people received the devices, mostly in France and the United States.

Rechargeable batteries are everywhere—from portable electronic devices and electric vehicles to renewable energy storage.

Nuclear batteries generate electricity from radioactive decay and can last for decades, far outlasting lithium-ion cells. A new wave of startups and research teams across the U.S., Asia, and Europe ...

Betavolt, a Chinese firm, has revealed an atomic battery for customers that can last for half a century. The Betavolt BV100 will be the first product to come out using the firm’s new atomic battery ...