Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project ...

Clean up efforts at Y-12’s demolished Alpha-2 facility, one of the facilities that helped create the first atomic bombs, are ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) maintains one of the richest and most diverse histories in the federal government. Although the department itself has only existed since 1977, its lineage traces ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, ...

Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights ...