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A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used CT and X-ray scans to analyze a rare red crystal from the Trinity test’s trinitite and found a previously unseen clathrate that traps atoms in its lattice—a material never observed in nature or in nuclear debris—highlighting the extreme chemistry produced by nuclear weapons, with the reminder that collecting such material is illegal.
As Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer brings attention to J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the "father of the atomic bomb," travelers can retrace his significant steps from New Mexico to the Caribbean. From Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, to the Trinity site where the first atomic blast occurred, and the Nevada Test Site where nuclear devices were tested, to Oppenheimer Beach in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he sought solace from the nuclear arms race, these locations offer a glimpse into the physicist's legacy and the history of nuclear weaponry.