I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

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

Researchers are exploring multi-level atomic interactions to enhance quantum entanglement. Using metastable states in ...

Work reveals new ways to understand and manipulate electrons in materials. MIT physicists, in collaboration with colleagues, ...

Languages: English. New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement ...

The Mayor of Nelson has fact-checked newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump's claim an American split the atom. The atom was first split by Kiwi Sir Ernest Rutherford, originally from Nelson, in ...

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 ...

Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as the father of nuclear physics, is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the atom by artificially inducing a nuclear reaction in 1917 while ...

After a performance of the Nutcracker was recently performed in Belgrade, several members of the cast demonstrated by showing the audience symbols used by the Hamas terrorist organization ...

Almost every aspect of modern life is affected by our connectivity to the Web. On those rare occasions when my internet provider has an outage, life seems to come to a standstill. Everything from ...

It’s not just a funeral; it’s an event.” The caskets alone have become a status symbol. Simple wooden coffins are now overshadowed by intricate, imported designs. A gold-plated casket like Chief Eze’s ...