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World's first nuclear explosion forged an 'impossible' crystal that's like nothing else on Earth

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...
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Scientists stunned: 1945 nuclear explosion produced a never-before-seen 'peculiar' material

A newly identified material formed during the 1945 Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico, USA, has been confirmed by researchers as a previously unknown clathrate, according to an international team led ...