Meanwhile, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reported that the IAEA has lost continuity of knowledge with regard to important equipment and materials in ...

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The recent inaugural address of President Donald Trump has sparked a heated debate over the origins of a groundbreaking scientific achievement: splitting the atom. Trump's claim that American ...

Lithium-sulfur battery retains 80 percent charge after 25,000 cycles Revolutionary battery structure enhances longevity and fast charging Study presents new electrode design for better energy storage ...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) wants to construct a particle accelerator that will generate powerful neutron beams capable of breaking down atoms of lithium, turning them into tritium fuel.

“Rutherford’s ground breaking research on radio communication, radioactivity, the structure of the atom and ultra sound technology were done at Cambridge and Manchester Universities in the UK and ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. The mayor of ...

Rutherford was the first to intentionally split the atom through a nuclear reaction. His discoveries not only defined the modern understanding of atomic structure but also paved the way for future ...

Nelson Mayor Nick Smith said on social media he was "surprised" to hear Trump making claims about the atom in his inauguration speech. "That honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom ...

In a post on Facebook, Nick Smith, Mayor of Nelson, clarified Sir Ernest's "ground-breaking research on radio communication, radioactivity, the structure of the atom and ultrasound technology" was ...

Of Rutherford’s achievement, the University of Canterbury, then Canterbury College, says: “In 1917, while engaged in atomic science for war work, he became the first person to split the atom ...