Nuclear physics research is focused on understanding the matter composed of quarks and gluons, which makes up 99% of the mass of the universe. Most of this matter is found at the core of atoms, the ...

Let's talk Einstein and Nuclear Physics. What does E=MC2 actually mean? Why is it useful? It's time for our second to final Physics episode. So, let's talk Einstein and Nuclear Physics. What does ...

The course is intended for juniors, seniors, and graduate students in engineering or physical science with no previous background in nuclear engineering. The course introduces the student to the ...

Rutherford's life and his work has been diligently chronicled in a new book by Kiwi author Matthew Wright called Ernest ...

Nuclear science is many things: it’s powerful, it’s potentially dangerous, and it’s ultimately still not totally understood by scientists — at least when it comes to its constituent parts. Controlling ...

In the 1950's, a particle physicist made a landmark discovery that changed what was known about how the universe operates. Chien-Shiung Wu did it while raising a family and an ocean away from her ...

Scientist and physicist Ernest Rutherford, known as “the father of nuclear physics”, was the most respected Kiwi of his day.