The Institute awards Silver Subject Medals and Prizes annually to recognise and reward distinguished contributions to physics. Kieran, who is Professor of Nuclear Physics in the Department of Physics ...

Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split the atom’ at The University of Manchester…or does it? In 1917, the Nobel Prize winner ...

Olympic long jump gold medalist Greg Rutherford MBE is best known for contributing to the success of our London 2012 Olympics, by winning his gold medal, sandwiched in between Jessica Ennis-Hill ...