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

Later, he and his team conducted experiments in Manchester between 1914 and 1919, which have been described as being the first to "split the atom". He blasted beams of radioactive particles into ...

After President Trump's claim, a mayor in New Zealand pointed out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by ...

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was ...

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

Credited with splitting the nucleus of an atom during experiments at UK's Manchester University in 1917, Rutherford was "the first to artificially induce a nuclear reaction by bombarding nitrogen ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ... who demonstrated atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald ... atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria University of Manchester ...

The recent inaugural address of President Donald Trump has sparked a heated debate over the origins of a groundbreaking scientific achievement: splitting the atom. Trump's claim that American ...