A revered Florida State University professor and chemist worked on the nation’s top-secret Manhattan Project that made the first atomic bomb during World War II — an experience tied to the ...

was never seen by the president before the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After the bombings, Americans were divided in their response to the Manhattan Project. Some applauded the ...

Newly declassified documents reveal that Gen. Leslie Groves—director of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret operation that built the atomic bomb during World War II—misled Congress and the ...

Female scientists played important roles in the Manhattan Project that created the first atomic bomb during World War II. But you wouldn’t know this from the blockbuster movie, “Oppenheimer.” ...

Parsons worked on the Manhattan Project as an ordnance director, designing and testing non-nuclear components of the atomic weapon. Later, he personally armed the atomic bomb that was dropped on ...

The development of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project marked the dawn of a new era. This video takes an in-depth look at how it was accomplished and its lasting impact on the world.

Robert Oppenheimer. Groves, appointed commanding general of the Manhattan Project on Sept. 23, 1942, oversaw Intelligence, overseas work, the training for the bomb delivery, and the Los Alamos ...

This was, of course, the Manhattan Project, a top-secret, US-led World War II research effort that led directly to the development of the first atomic bomb. Ultimately used twice to help end the ...

Welcome back to The Prompt. US nuclear physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atomic bomb. The proposal comes as the rivalry between the U.S. and China intensifies over artificial ...

President Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense project will require a whole-of-government effort on par with the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, according to a Space ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced plans to turn land that previously housed aspects of the Manhattan Project into a ... in the very first atomic bomb and the Fat Man bomb ...

The Trump administration on April 21, threatened to stall federal funding for Manhattan road projects ... policy will no longer support this type of project or policy,” the letter adds.