High manufacturing costs pose a challenge to scaling up the technology

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    3 days ago

    This actually isn’t just wrapping a radiation source in solar panels like the shitty title implies.

    They developed crystals that can convert gamma radiation into electricity. The power output is piddly now, nanowatts to microwatts, but it’ll be interesting to see how it can be improved.