He denied any role of Lise’s work in “his” discovery, claiming that “fission was a discovery that relied on chemistry only”; that the work took place after Meitner had left Berlin. He also claimed ...

New method simulates electronic friction effects on quantum motion, explaining hydrogen diffusion on copper with relevance to ...

In that letter, physicist Lise Meitner, with the assistance of her young nephew Otto Frisch, provided a physical explanation of how nuclear fission could happen. It was a massive leap forward in ...

The Lise Meitner Programme, named after the Austrian-Swedish physicist who co-discovered nuclear fission, is designed to foster the professional growth of women working in the nuclear sector.

Today I bring you the rather sad story of Lise Meitner (1878–1968), co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn (1879-1968) and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Hahn won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in ...

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel ...

This is a tribute to a pioneering nuclear physicist, Lise Meitner. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1878, she excelled in mathematics and science from an early age. In 1905, she became only the second ...

Argentina boasts a distinguished track record in the nuclear industry. The country gets more than 6% of its electricity from three nuclear power reactors, is building a locally designed small modular ...

Philip Ball reveals the dramatic tale of Lise Meitner, the humanitarian physicist of Jewish descent, who unlocked the science of the atom bomb after a terrifying escape from Hitler's Germany.

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme (LMP) provides early- and mid‑career women professionals with opportunities to participate in a multiweek visiting professional programme and advance their technical ...