Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what ...

The MPG offers excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of science. The Max Planck Society has initiated a number ...

Without a valid passport and carrying only hand luggage, Lise Meitner managed to flee Germany on 13 July 1938. As a foreigner, the Viennese scientist of Jewish descent had not initially been affected ...

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme (LMP) provides early- and mid‑career women professionals with opportunities to participate in a multiweek visiting professional programme and advance their technical ...

Lise Meitner was a world-class physicist, who saw what others could not. She recognised nuclear fission – the splitting of the atom – before anyone else. Naomi Alderman meets her. Show more ...

Lise Meitner Programme professional visit in Japan (hosted by University of Tokyo and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency under the coordination of the Cabinet Office of Japan) Participants will get ...