On July 16, 1945, in a stretch of New Mexico desert called the Jornada del Muerto, scientists of the Manhattan Project ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

Veterans involved in nuclear waste clean ups at sites near Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Palomares, Spain, and ...

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. The term “clathrates” denotes materials characterized ...

In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...

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Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that America’s newest military branch recently war-gamed — that of an adversary ...

When people think about nuclear war, they imagine the explosions. But that might not be what ends everything. The real danger ...