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Researchers have demonstrated a penny-sized "nuclear battery" that produces energy from the decay of radioisotopes.
As radioactive substances decay, they release charged particles that when properly harvested can create an electrical current.
Nuclear batteries have been in use for military and aerospace applications, but are typically far larger.
The University of Missouri team says that the batteries hold a million times as much charge as standard batteries.
They have developed it in an attempt to scale down power sources for the tiny devices that fall under the category of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (Mems and Nems).
The means to power such devices has been a subject of study as vigorous as the development of the devices themselves.
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We had tiny amounts of Uranium and Plutonium in school in little shielded 'holding' devices. My mate got chucked out of class because he claimed the teacher pointed one at him.
I think it's a good idea, but I think the whole terrorism thing is played up far too much.
"C20 LET bang"
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There goes another mushroom cloud going off in my trouser pocket!
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What! You put it near your privates?! 
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Id rather a mushroom cloud in my trousers than fallout!! You say "mushroom".... I say Toadstool!!!! 
IF IT HAS A HOSE THEN IM YOUR MAN
BETTER TO BURN OUT THAN FADE AWAY!
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I think they use these batteries in pacemakers don't they?
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