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Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration

Americium is one of the lesser-known synthetic elements, first created in 1944 during the Manhattan Project. The isotope of interest for space is americium-241. Its half-life is a staggering 432 years ...

Controlling triple quantum dots in a zinc oxide semiconductor

Quantum computers have the potential to solve certain calculations exponentially faster than a classic computer could, but ...