Scientists found a previously unknown calcium-copper-silicon clathrate inside red trinitite from the Trinity test, offering new insight into how extreme heat and pressure can force atoms into structures rarely seen in nature

A type of crystal lattice called a clathrate structure has been found for the first time in the fallout of a nuclear detonation.

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab.

Scientists found a previously unknown calcium-copper-silicon clathrate inside red trinitite from the Trinity test, offering new insight into how extreme heat and pressure can…