Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split the atom’ at The University of Manchester…or does it? In 1917, the Nobel Prize winner ...

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.

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

The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester Scientists based ... the moniker the "father of nuclear physics". Dr Sumner said the reaction Rutherford identified ...