Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American.

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities. The 47th US President erroneously listed the feat among his country's achievements during his address in Washington DC, after he was sworn on Monday.

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished.

The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild inauguration speech.

The term "splitting the atom" isn't the most descriptive way of explaining what Rutherford, along with John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, actually achieved; splitting apart a nucleus by bombarding ...

In his Inaugural Address, Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom, an achievement credited by many to pioneering physicist Ernest Rutherford of New Zealand.

Nelson Mayor Nick Smith said on social media he was "surprised" to hear Trump making claims about the atom in his inauguration speech. "That honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford. [embed https://www.facebook.com/honnicksmith/posts/pfbid02ndf7Lsz8sizpqQXLgCcRrmE9iAYs7tWmqkYPVFh6LmhUyDGMHuVYMRZixXMv1xfcl

New Zealand is defending one of the most significant accomplishments by one of its people against claims from newly sworn-in United States President Donald Trump that an American was the first to split the atom.

Dunedin publican Michael McCarrigan, owner of The Duke of Wellington, described the experience as unforgettable. “Standing in a queue for two and a half hours in that weather was rough. But it was a wonderful event.

Donald Trump claimed in his inauguration speech that the US was the first to split the atom - despite the fact that Kiwi Ernest Rutherford was the first to

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted ...

A recently approved Rutherford County Schools resolution for federal authorities to close the nation's borders offended one opposing board member.