Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England to New Zealand before he was born. They ran a successful farm near Nelson, where Ernest was born. One of 12 children, he liked the hard work and ...

Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split the atom’ at The University of Manchester…or does it? In 1917, the Nobel Prize winner ...

As a young boy growing up in rural New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford once tried to measure the distance of a thunderstorm by counting the seconds between the lightning and the thunder. His father ...

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand, accomplished. During the ...

JJ Thomson studied electrical discharges in gases. Following the discovery of x-rays and radioactivity his imaginative work inspired many young researchers, including Ernest Rutherford, WL Bragg and ...

The "old-school" label's first project is a mixtape-style compilation featuring Ernest, Chandler Walters and Cody Lohden, ...

Nashville singer-songwriter ERNEST has launched a new label, Deville Records, featuring artists Chandler Walters, Cody Lohden ...

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