OMG sciencefromFuturism1 day agoScientists Scan Gruesome Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast, Find Something BizarreA CT and X-ray study found a previously unobserved clathrate crystal in a rare red trinitite variant from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test.
OMG sciencefromwww.scientificamerican.com6 days agoStrange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb testA new clathrate crystal form was found inside trinitite, trapping atoms within silicon-based cage lattices created by extreme Trinity blast conditions.