Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian physicist, best known for his work on Chicago Pile-1 (the first nuclear reactor), and for his contributions to the development of ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has it all wrong. The eponymous Robert Oppenheimer, who served as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the development of the atomic bomb, did not usher ...

What was Christopher Nolan thinking? In directing “Oppenheimer,” which has garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, Nolan relegates Enrico Fermi — the true architect of the nuclear age — to a bit part.

The Biden-Harris Administration will be honoring Darleane C. Hoffman and Gabor A. Somorjai as recipients of the 2023 Enrico Fermi Presidential Award in a virtual ceremony June 6 th, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.

The legend goes that after scientist Enrico Fermi helped bring an end to World War II through his crucial work on the Manhattan Project, he was asked what he’d like as a reward. The soft-spoken ...

THE Nobel Prize for Physics for 1938 has been awarded to Prof. E. Fermi, professor of theoretical physics in the University of Rome, and his work in connexion with artificial radioactivity induced by ...