He continued teaching and inspiring generations of scientists at Cambridge University until his death in 1937. Today, ...

Artist, author, and content creator Geo Rutherford has carved out quite a unique niche on TikTok: Spooky Lakes. If you’re ...

Many scientists of the day scorned the idea as alchemy. They stuck with the age-old belief that the atom is indivisible and unchangeable. But by 1904 Rutherford's publications and achievements ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is ...

Born and educated in Copenhagen, Bohr went to work with Physicist Ernest Rutherford at the University of Manchester in 1912. Rutherford had shown that atoms have small nuclei around which ...

Rutherford’s discovery is now often described as ‘splitting ... ‘This is a unique exhibition about a unique scientist responsible for one of the world’s biggest scientific breakthroughs. This ...

Science sleuths Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry unwrap some of the biggest ideas presented by AI visionary Stuart Russell in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.

The ashes of the eminent physicist Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey, near to the graves of Newton and Lord Kelvin, on 25 October 1937. The ...