Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

New blast crystal: Scientists discovered a unique calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in trinitite from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test — the first known clathrate formed by a nuclear explosion. Scientific ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

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. Reading time 3 minutes America’s ...