Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

Extreme, transient conditions produced by nuclear detonations can generate solid-state phases inaccessible to conventional ...

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

Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind the scenes, there were real fears that the explosion could trigger a chain ...

India’s nuclear arsenal has always been modest—large enough to deter China and Pakistan from a first strike, and not ...