In a chilling reminder of the destructive power of nuclear weapons, scientists continue to study a rare radioactive mineral that was accidentally created during humanity's first-ever atomic bomb test ...

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 ...

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 ...

On 16 July 1945, in a remote part of the New Mexico desert, a team of researchers and military personnel witnessed the moment when humanity’s relationship with nature changed forever: when the energy ...

Editor's note: If you'd like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human ...