When an electron dropped from a high-energy orbit to a lower-energy one, it gave out light with an energy equal to the ...

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

Halford & Brough react to Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford's comments in the Globe & Mail, where he appeared to suggest that the team's current core could ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the subatomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit ...

Trump made a claim Monday that an American split the first atom, which was immediately ... Nelson’s most famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford,” Smith wrote on Facebook.

(AFP via Getty Images) The atom was fully split in a controlled manner in 1932 by British and Irish researchers John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton under Rutherford’s supervision. Mr Trump was ...

The 47th president of the US is now in office and President Trump’s second term looks certain to be consequential for the whole world. From the first words of his inauguration speech, Trump set the ...

Rutherford's achievement ... claiming today Americans split the atom when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford." Trump's remarks have also drawn ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the sub-atomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

“Trump just claimed America split the atom. That’s THE ONE THING WE DID.” Nelson Mayor Nick Smith took exception to Donald Trump's erasure of a New Zealand hero. Sir Ernest Rutherford is ...