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

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

When building an atom, pay close attention to the particles' electrical charges. Protons have a charge of +1. Electrons have a charge of -1. Neutrons are neutral, as its name implies. A stable ...

A New Zealand mayor has invited the American ambassador for a history lesson, after US President Donald Trump appeared to ...

This symbol shows that chlorine has 35 particles in the nucleus (protons ... as the number of electrons and protons are equal in a neutral atom, chlorine also has 17 electrons.

Everyday things that we take for granted, things like cause-and-effect and elementary classical laws do not work in the world inside the atom. Particles popping in and out of existence are the ...

Proton accelerator used by Walton & Cockroft to split the atom. Walton sits in the small observation cabin and watches the produced alpha particles on a fluorescent screen. Credit ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president ...

Donald Trump claimed in his inauguration speech that the US was the first to split the atom - despite the fact that Kiwi Ernest Rutherford was the first to ...