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

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump claimed during his inaugural address that Americans “split the atom,” a ripple of irritation spread across the globe. The statement, made to bolster the nation’s ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester [University of Manchester] Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities.

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's ...