🚀🔬 Ah, the noble pursuit of finding shiny rocks in nuclear rubble! Scientific American presents groundbreaking news about crystals from a 1945 explosion—because who doesn't love a 78-year-old science fair project? 🙄💎
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Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it

Scientific American
Zeroing In on Zero-Point Motion Inside a Crystal

A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission, which is shown to arise from quantum fluctuations in the crystal’s atomic lattice.

Physics