Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England ... There he met J.J. Thomson (who would soon discover the electron), and Thomson encouraged him to study recently-discovered x-rays.

Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split the atom ... nuclear reaction in laboratories at the University. Rutherford’s discovery is ...

New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement widely attributed to Ernest ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

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 ...

When World War I ended, he returned to his native England to rejoin the mentor of his undergraduate days, Ernest Rutherford ... In 1919 Rutherford had discovered the proton, a positively charged ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ...

In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the ... suggested the president had confused the discovery with the later creation of the atomic bomb. Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump made ...