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Trinity test glass hid a crystal modern labs still cannot make

More than 80 years after the Trinity test transformed desert sand and vaporized metals into glass, the site continues to ...
Historic crystal find: Researchers discovered a calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in debris from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, marking the first such crystal from a nuclear explosion. Extreme ...
The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab. The term “clathrates” denotes materials characterized ...
The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn ...
A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.