Common Stock issuable in consideration for equity interest acquisition.

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Common stock shares.

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Common stock shares exchanged.

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Shares exchange ratio.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment).

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012 $ / shares	Sep. 25, 2013 shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 $ / shares
Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Common stock, par value			$ 0.001		$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Research and development costs \| $			$ 3,837,959	$ 2,130,625	$ 7,886,673	$ 3,720,401
Machinery and equipment [Member]
Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Estimated useful lives					Three years
Furniture and fixtures [Member]
Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Estimated useful lives					Three years
Actinium [Member]
Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Percentage of ownership interest acquired by company	100.00%	93.70%
Common Stock issuable in consideration for equity interest acquisition	99.00%
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001
Shares received by each API shareholder of Actinium common stock for each API share exchanged		0.333
Common stock shares \| shares		3,970,137
Common stock shares exchanged \| shares		1,322,055