Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

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

They have been given the names of materialism and idealism. The atomic theory propounded by Leucippus and Democritus regarded the smallest particles of matter as existing in the most literal sense.

He was 88. The Department of Atomic Energy confirmed his death in a statement, saying Chidambaram passed away at 3:20 am and hailed his unparalleled contributions to India’s scientific and strategic ...

which were based on the work of Ernest Rutherford and Max Planck’s quantum theory. His model proposed that: The Bohr model provided a quantum explanation for atomic stability and radiation ...