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How to tell the author is completely clueless wrt nuclear physics: What the company is apparently saying: "To create the radioactive battery, Betavolt's scien
by jabl 3y ago
How to tell the author is completely clueless wrt nuclear physics:
What the company is apparently saying:
"To create the radioactive battery, Betavolt's scientist used nickel-63, which is a radiactive element, as the energy source... "
The author describing this in his own words:
"The compact battery uses 63 nuclear isotopes to generate..."
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- perihelions 3y agoThere's another news article by a different author that makes the same bizarre mistake: - "Beijing-based Betavolt said its nuclear battery is the first in the world to realise the miniaturisation of atomic energy, placing 63 nuclear isotopes into a module smaller than a coin." https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nuclear-battery-betavolt-atomic-china-b2476979.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nuclear-battery-betavolt-... Are they both copying this text from some other source?
- throwaway4aday 3y agoI'm guessing this is due to poor translation combined with lack on knowledge on the reporter's side resulting in the error not being caught.