April 14, 1932 was a day that transformed subatomic physics forever as a lithium atom was split using a proton beam.

When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain ...

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.

I think that Passover in general, and its seventh day in particular, is the perfect time to appreciate “the miracles that are ...

Even so, you could split the atom with this. If it wasn’t Diamond Rowe’s name engraved the truss rod coverplate you might swear it was J. Robert Oppenheimer’s signature model. So ...

As physicists came closer to understanding the nature of the atom in the 1930s, it became increasingly clear that a great deal of energy could be released by splitting atoms. In 1939, Albert Einstein ...

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 ...

To help television audiences understand the story we were attempting to tell in Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield, we needed to recreate Otto Hahn’s famous atom-splitting nuclear ...