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 .

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.

That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a ...

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.

The photographic record presented in “Trinity” reflects the painstaking preparations and arduous work of men who toiled ...

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A team of geologists at the University of Florence, Italy, identified a novel clathrate that formed during the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert. It's a material never ...

Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights into extreme conditions that create unique atomic structures.

Scientists uncover a new crystal forged in the 1945 Trinity nuclear test while researchers link GLP-1 drugs to improved ...

Scientists have made a discovery that is not seen in nature (Image: Luca Bindi and Paul J. Steinhardt) Scientists have uncovered a unique, previously unknown crystal structure within an unusual "ox ...