A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico .

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.

Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights ...

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 ...

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 ...

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...