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

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

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ...

A New Zealand mayor has invited the American ambassador for a history lesson, after US President Donald Trump appeared to ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans "split the atom" prompted vexed social ...

Mayor Nick Smith said that he would invite the incoming US ambassador to visit the Rutherford memorial in Nelson 'so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate'.

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was ...

Credited with splitting the nucleus of an atom during experiments at the U.K.'s Manchester ... Rutherford is credited for the initial splitting of the atom, Englishman John Cockcroft and Irishman ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom.

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's ...

In fact, the honour belongs to New Zealander Sir Ernest Rutherford, who demonstrated atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria University of Manchester in 1919. Dr James Sumner ...