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

And there are certain kinds of atom - like this stuff, uranium - which are unstable and can split. When they do, they release radiation and heat. The radiation is a problem because it can make ...

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

Uranium; radiation detectors ... Otto Hahn’s name might not be familiar, but it should be. In splitting the atom, he unwittingly and single-handedly unlocked one of the most powerful forces ...

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

Heavy water can help keep such a chain reaction going. As each uranium atom breaks apart, it shoots out neutrons that can go on to split other atoms. But the neutrons are much more likely to ...