An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for quantum computers, solar power, and batteries.

Nuclear blast yields crystal: A unique calcium–copper–silicon clathrate, never seen in nature, was found in red trinitite from the 1945 Trinity atomic test. Life-detection breakthrough: Scientists ...

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn ...