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The world’s first nuclear-powered battery, which uses a radioactive isotope embedded in a diamond, could power small devices for thousands of years, scientists say.
The nuclear battery uses the reaction of a diamond placed close to a radioactive source to spontaneously produce electricity, scientists at the University of Bristol in the U.K. explained in a Dec. 4 statement. No motion — neither linear nor rotational — is required. That means no energy is needed to move a magnet through a coil or to turn an armature within a magnetic field to produce electric current, as is required in conventional power sources.
The diamond battery harvests fast-moving electrons excited by radiation, similar to how solar power uses photovoltaic cells to convert photons into electricity, the scientists said.
Or how every time you enter some ancient ruins on some game, EVERYTHING is still working despite not having seen a person in a millenia
walk up to abandoned building in STALKER 2
30+ years after Chernobyl
the lights are on
…
enter dangerous bunker overridden by monsters in STALKER 2
someone locked up the bunker to contain the monsters, been like that for 10 years
find fresh sausage and bread in a locker
I can get a sausage from Lidl that claims it’s safe to eat for two years with no refrigeration, so by lowering my standards to the levels of someone who’d go into a bunker like that, I could probably make the claim out was fresh after a decade.
Fresh!? Blyat!
These sausages have been seasoned by Chernobyl, blin!
Best seasoning in the zone, Stalgar! Puts hair on your tumors!
And torches are lit
's nuclear fire
Well yeah they perfected those nuclear diamond batteries