In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays and crystals, leading to the realization that invisible rays could cause fluorescence and penetrate lightproof ...

Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated ... For his work with radiation and the atomic nucleus, Rutherford received the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He was slightly put out, since he was a ...

Ernest Rutherford came from New Zealand to study with JJ Thomson ... alpha and beta particles and gamma rays. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 while he was Langworthy Professor of ...

Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest ... Rutherford conducted many experiments at the University by bombarding nitrogen gas with alpha particles.