Scientists Found a New Type of Crystal Formed by the World’s First Nuclear Explosion

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

‘Impossible’ crystal created during world’s first nuclear blast is discovered – and it wouldn’t normally exist on Earth

A CRYSTAL which was created during the world’s first nuclear blast has been discovered – and experts claim it shouldn’t even ...
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Striking new views of the first atomic bomb test

Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project ...
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Scientists find first clathrate crystal from nuclear explosion

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

World's first atomic bomb explosion created unusual crystal

Atomic bomb explosions create extreme conditions. Italian researchers have discovered an unusual material created by them.
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Daniel Hryhorczuk: Forty years after Chernobyl, war threatens a new nuclear disaster in Ukraine

Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety situations.
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The 2 worst suffering states to live during nuclear attack revealed in chilling map

Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion (Image: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) With the war in Iran re-igniting fears of WW3 ...

I was a Chernobyl ‘liquidator’ sent to clean up nuclear disaster zone 40 years ago – only a few of us are still alive

IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the catastrophic explosion. They charged straight into the ...