A revolutionary nanomaterial that converts radiation in electricity has been developed by a team of researchers from the  Alabama A&M University. This nanomaterial could a new way to power-up spacecrafts and our vehicles here on Earth.

This technology could be better than hybrid and gasoline powered cars because we will drive them thousands of miles at a lower cost. The leader of the study is Liviu Popa-Simil and his project is based on thermoelectric materials that the US and the Soviet Union employed for spacecrafts.

This new material transforms the radiation into electricity using nuclear materials and reactions and they are also very efficient because they will convert about 20 times more energy than thermoelectric materials.

For the moment, the researchers are testing the technique and they are very confident in the success of the nanomaterials that convert radiation into electricity and it seems like this already have been labelled as the future of nuclear power.

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