Ettore Majorana vanished in March 1938. According to Frank Close in Destroyer of Worlds, the 31-year-old Sicilian physicist ...

Albert Einstein might be the daddy of all eggheads. But as his famous theory of special relativity turns 120, we tip our hats to some of history’s forgotten ...

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on Ilyushin Il-78MKI, GPS interference and more (Week 117) Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and ...

Felix Glang, of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal in recognition of his achievements in developing new magnetic resonance ...

Some atomic nuclei are not shaped like rugby balls, as a longstanding theory suggests, but are instead somewhat flattened, like almonds, according to a new study by Japanese scientists.

06/26/2025 10:00 Advancing implants: Dr. Tim Schwarz receives Otto Hahn Medal Yasmin Ahmed Salem M.A. Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH The ...

A cherished tradition of the Annual Meeting is the recognition of outstanding young scientists during the Section Meetings. This year, 28 Otto Hahn Medals were awarded for exceptional scientific ...

In early 1939, German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann announced a discovery that would change the world. Bombarding uranium with neutrons, the duo found that the nucleus split up into ...

Introduction / William R. Shea -- The nuclear electron hypothesis / Roger H. Stuewer -- The evolution of matter / Robert H. Kargon -- The discovery of fission and a nuclear physics paradigm / Spencer ...