"I will be inviting the US Ambassador to NZ (when appointed by the President) to Nelson to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater," he added, "so we can keep the historic record on who ...

He said he would be inviting the US Ambassador to New Zealand to Nelson so that he can visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater “so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom ...

Discussing the matter last December before the Royal Society, Lord Rutherford, head of Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory, said: “While we all realize that the first discoverer has a ...

AN appeal over Lord Rutherford's name appeared on March 18 for support for the formation of a Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, to act as a permanent successor to the Academic ...

The Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize, normally awarded biennially, recognises distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology and is named in honour of Lord Rutherford of Nelson.