This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Meitner and Frisch were able to provide an ...
Some scientific anniversaries celebrate events so momentous that they capture the attention of many nonscientists as well — or even the entire world. One such anniversary is upon us. December 2 marks ...
On Dec. 2, 1942, scientists from the University of Chicago created the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. The experiment was the first step in the development of the atomic bomb ...