Portable nuclear reactor
how about a nuclear reactor that you can carry around in your trousers' pocket? If the work done by a team of us scientists is any indication, this may soon be a reality. The scientists from the us -based University of California, Los Angeles (ucla) have developed a toaster-sized nuclear fusion device that works at room temperature to provide a steady supply of sub-atomic particles called neutrons.
The gadget comprises a tiny crystal of lithium tantalite housed in a chamber filled with deuterium gas (a form of hydrogen with an extra neutron). The crystal is first frozen to minus 33