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 part of the latest particle physics experiment grants from STFC 18 UK universities will be able to carry out world-leading particle physics research over the next three years. The particle physics ...

The university has just 275 places on its undergraduate physics course, but more than 1,000 applied in 2012 – and this year’s figure is expected to be even higher.

You are in: Manchester > Science > Science features > The Ernest beginnings of particle physics Ernest Rutherford The history of physics is filled with world-changing experiments. The latest, at ...