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

For Waitangi Day, I encourage you to think about the achievements, the history, and all that we have in common as New Zealanders. Wherever you are and however you choose to celebrate it, I hope you ...

In 1932, under Rutherford’s leadership at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, Britain’s Cockcroft and Walton, from Ireland, split the atomic nucleus using a “handmade array of transformers ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford is known as the father of nuclear ... Laboratory at Cambridge when the duo split the nucleus under his leadership. Sir Ernest is considered the “father of nuclear physics ...

Describing himself as a conservative, McCarrigan said his support for Trump stemmed more from shared values than admiration for the former president’s leadership style. “I vote National back home.

Describing himself as a conservative, McCarrigan said his support for Trump stemmed more from shared values than admiration for the former president’s leadership style. “I vote National back home.

President Trump and physicist Ernest Rutherford. Credit ... milestones were indeed the product of American technological leadership, but the original splitting of the atom occurred elsewhere.