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

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

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump ... the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit surprised by new President ...

The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild inauguration speech.

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump ... pointing out that New Zealand-born physicist Ernest Rutherford pioneered work to split the atom.

Widely regarded as the "father of nuclear physics," Rutherford was awarded the Nobel ... Englishman John Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton later performed the first controlled experiment ...

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

The carving was commissioned by Pyotr Kapitsa, Nobel Laureate and leading Soviet physicist, who spent 13 years studying at the Cavendish. He was also known for setting up the Kapitsa Club, which was a ...

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 ...

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 ...