Emory physicist takes science out of the lab and onto the playground

Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, ...

Emory physicist makes science explode for students

Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, ...
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Scientists Looked Inside an ‘Impossible’ Crystal Formed in the Heart of a Nuclear Blast—And Found Something No One Had Ever Seen

Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...

Scientists Found a New Type of Crystal Formed by the World’s First Nuclear Explosion

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

Intrepid man tests giant flaming darts used on 16th century warship

One of England’s largest Tudor Era vessels, the four-masted carrack sailed with a crew of around 450 sailors during the 16th ...
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Exploding bowling balls with hydraulic press! (Hydraulic press vs bowling ball experiment)

In this video, we explore the effects of a hydraulic press on a bowling ball and conduct an experiment with slime and a ...
Live Science

'Extreme' crystal that formed in 1945 nuclear bomb test is unlike anything scientists have seen

Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.
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The First Atomic Bomb Made a Crystal Scientists Had Never Seen Before

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first nuclear bomb explosion by US Army resulted in rare crystal formation

When the first nuclear bomb exploded at the Trinity site in 1945, it turned the desert sand into a unique laboratory for impossible science. Even now, decades later, the radioactive glass created by ...