The film discusses the pivotal role of physicist Enrico Fermi during World War II, particularly in the development of nuclear energy and the atomic bomb. It details his collaboration with other ...

During the summer of 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi posed a question to his colleagues over lunch, "Don't you ever wonder where everybody is?" Fermi was referring to alien life. In the 4.4 billion ...

Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...

This is referred to as the Fermi Paradox, as suggested in 1950 by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi. The Drake Equation, say the researchers, assumes that an intelligent civilization ...

December — Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, with a natural uranium device moderated with graphite. Fermi conducted the process using the first demonstration ...

Italy will resume nuclear energy production in 2027, according to its government, and energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.

The Enrico Fermi Educational Fund of Yonkers Inc., now celebrating its 62nd year of providing college scholarships to high ...

Italian-born physicist Enrico Fermi won the Nobel Prize in 1938 "for his work with artificial radioactivity produced by neutrons, and for nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons." ...

Joseph A. Romano The Enrico Fermi Educational Fund of Yonkers provides financial assistance to graduating high school seniors with traceable ...