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

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The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild inauguration speech.

(AFP via Getty Images) The atom was fully split in a controlled manner in 1932 by British and Irish researchers John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton under Rutherford’s supervision. Mr Trump was ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford is known as the father of nuclear physics. Sir Ernest was “born, bred and educated” in Nelson. Picture ... Briton John Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton performed ...

In 1932, British and Irish scientists John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, working under Rutherford's leadership, successfully split the atom at at the University of Cambridge. Rutherford is known as ...

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Trump's claim that American experts were responsible for this feat has been met with swift correction from New Zealanders, who proudly assert that their native son, Sir Ernest Rutherford ...

Mia Vergel de Dios led first-seeded Glen Rock with eight points, three rebounds and three assists in a 35-23 victory over third-seeded Rutherford to win the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference ...