Richard Crane, Arthur Ruhlig’s thesis advisor, with the University of Michigan accelerator used for experiments. Photo ...

The deadline for preliminary applications for an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship at MSSL is 16.00 on Tuesday 1 July 2025. Ernest Rutherford Fellowship applications at MSSL for 2025 1. Purpose of the ...

Another interesting fact that you need to know about Ernest Rutherford is that he was the first to coin the terms “Alpha” and “Beta” when describing types of radiation. in 1899, he was ...

The Ernest Rutherford Fellowships are intended for early career researchers who do not yet have an academic position. Fellowships can be held either on a full‐time or a part‐time basis by applicants ...

A part of Rutherford’s scattering experiments, this particular experiment involved shooting alpha particles at a piece of gold foil with the source, foil, and detector placed in a vacuum vessel ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant mind of Ernest Rutherford, the true father of nuclear physics.

While Rutherford is credited for the initial splitting of the atom, Englishman John Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton later performed the first controlled experiment to split an atomic nucleus ...

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 ...

Rutherford’s most groundbreaking work came when he conducted the famous gold-foil experiment in 1909. In collaboration with Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, he directed alpha particles at a thin sheet ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world.