Scientists Found a New Type of Crystal Formed by the World’s First Nuclear Explosion

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

‘Impossible’ crystal created during world’s first nuclear blast is discovered – and it wouldn’t normally exist on Earth

A CRYSTAL which was created during the world’s first nuclear blast has been discovered – and experts claim it shouldn’t even ...
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The World's First Nuclear Explosion Forged an 'Impossible' Crystal

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...
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Scientists find first clathrate crystal from nuclear explosion

Historic blast yields crystal: Researchers found a previously unknown calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in debris from the ...

80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when ...

The story behind Pokhran: How one 'peaceful explosion' in 1974 made India a nuclear power by 1998

India's nuclear journey began with the 1974 'Peaceful Nuclear Explosion' at Pokhran, making it the sixth nation to harness ...
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Scientists find first clathrate crystal from nuclear blast

Historic blast yields crystal: Scientists discovered a new calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in red trinitite from the 1945 ...