Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist, received the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics for identifying new elements and discovering nuclear reactions by his method of nuclear irradiation and bombardment.

In this 14th installment of several articles covering the life and accomplishments of Kenneth D. Nichols, his diplomacy ...

Photo by Bortzells Esselte, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives. Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) left Italy in 1938 to receive the Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden. He never went back. He and his ...

U.S. nuclear power plants have two Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors stationed right on site. Who is at Fermi 2? What ...

This contradiction is known as the Fermi Paradox, first proposed by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950. Humanity has been around for just 200,000 years, and we've been listening for possible radio ...

Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...

Someone later promoted Enrico Fermi’s blithe ... As Dr. Hanson told Interesting Engineering via email: “The great filter is whatever obstacles stand between simple dead matter eventually ...

The eminent physicist Enrico Fermi was visiting his colleagues at ... No artificial signals in our radio receivers. No mega-engineering projects reshaping other solar systems.