An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for quantum computers, solar power, and batteries.
At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...
Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.
The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...
The Trinity test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, generated the glassy substance known as trinitite when sand and surrounding ...
Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a violent asteroid collision in the early solar system. This tells us that ...
Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...