Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father of nuclear physics' When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain ...

Who split the atom? Separating fact from myth Born in 1871 in a small South Island town in New Zealand, Rutherford came to the University of Manchester in Britain in 1907 to take up the position ...

When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain reaction of online debate his boast would cause. Many of those leaping on ...

The machine whirred and clicked. If it worked it would, as far as we knew, be the first time ever on British television that an atom had been split. Suddenly, the computers beeped: the results ...

By Ravichandran Venkataraman In 1945, humanity split the atom, unleashing boundless energy and existential fear. Today, in ...

In 1917, Ernest Rutherford changed the world when he split the atom at The University of Manchester - a breakthrough which resulted in the development of nuclear power, as well as cancer-fighting ...

Ernest Rutherford split the atom here on campus 100 years ago this year. His well-documented discovery marked the birth of nuclear physics, kickstarted the 20th century and changed the world. Not bad ...

Let’s take a short break and look back into the history of “atom smashers” and the scientific progress they brought along. Proton accelerator used by Walton & Cockroft to split the atom.

He's split in two… He’s always doing that. To understand why, you’ve got to think about what we’re all made from – atoms. Every atom contains a lot of energy. And there are certain kinds ...

Donald Trump vexed New Zealanders on the first day of his presidency after he claimed that America split the atom – a feat achieved by Sir Ernest Rutherford from Nelson in New Zealand.