Even though Rutherford had proven the existence of the nucleus, some issues still remained unanswered, for example how electrons fitted into this new model. This 'solar system' model of the atom ...

THE beautiful conception which inspires and co-ordinates practically the whole of modern atomic physics is the atomic model of Rutherford and Bohr. Its essential feature-the nucleus-was first put ...

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early 20th-century Paris ...

Quantum physics began in 1900 when the German physicist Max Planck determined the scale of quantum phenomena. In 1905, Albert ...

Unlike nuclear fission, which creates energy by breaking an atom apart, fusion forces two ... New Zealander Ernest Rutherford at his lab in Cambridge. Since then, Australia remained at the ...

A research team from the University of Oklahoma has pioneered a method that could accelerate drug discovery and reduce pharmaceutical development costs. Their work, published in the Journal of the ...

A new report argues that the west has ceded leadership in the nuclear sector to nations such as Russia and China. If it is to ...

Ava Amatucci scored four goals and had an assist for Rutherford in its 13-7 win against Lakeland in Wanaque. Jea Herninko and Maeve Murphy each scored two goals while Herninko collected two assists.

Humans began creating alloys about 5,000 years ago by combining copper and tin to produce bronze. Since then, alloy design ...

Their work introduces a safe, sustainable way to insert a single carbon atom into drug molecules at room temperature. A research team from the University of Oklahoma has pioneered a groundbreaking ...