The Trinity Nuclear Test Created a Never-Before-Seen Material
- Posted on May 18, 2026
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The Trinity Nuclear Test Created a Never-Before-Seen Material
A team of geologists at the University of Florence, Italy, identified a novel clathrate that formed during the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert. It's a material never before observed either in nature or as an artificial compound created in a lab.
