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 ...

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.

The history of physics is filled with world-changing experiments. ... The University of Manchester in 1912. Amongst the students Ernest oversaw at the University were Hans Geiger, ...