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

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American.

Regardless of who was first to split the atom, the work of Rutherford, Walton, Cockcroft, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Geiger, Marsden and a host of other scientific pioneers paved the way for the nuclear ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

Donald Trump has sparked outrage in New Zealand following a statement during his second-term inauguration speech in Washington, D.C.

"Rutherford, born in Brightwater, raised in Foxhill and Havelock and educated at Nelson College and Canterbury University went on to split the atom in 1917 at Victoria University in Manchester in ...

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by ...