Manhattan Project

Remembering Moddie Taylor, a Black scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project Moddie Taylor

Remembering Moddie Taylor, a Black scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project

Argonne National Laboratory celebrates 75 years of scientific discovery Aerial image of the Advanced Photon Source, a large circular building, with the Chicago skyline in the distance

Argonne National Laboratory celebrates 75 years of scientific discovery

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021 Roger Hildebrand in bow tie with microphone

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021

A witness to atomic history Ted Petry

A witness to atomic history

Ted Petry recounts world’s first nuclear reaction at UChicago, 75 years later

Author provides inside look at Argonne National Laboratory’s efforts to build a ‘super battery’ Battery

Author provides inside look at Argonne National Laboratory’s efforts to build a ‘super battery’

Manhattan Project Plutonium, Lost to Obscurity, Recovered by Scientists

Manhattan Project Plutonium, Lost to Obscurity, Recovered by Scientists

Article cites work of Enrico Fermi, Chicago scientists on first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction


Scientific American

Marvin Goldberger dies at 92; physicist served as Caltech president

Marvin Goldberger dies at 92; physicist served as Caltech president

Alumnus and former faculty member Marvin Goldberger remembered for work on Manhattan Project at UChicago


How the first chain reaction changed science Nuclear Energy Sculpture

How the first chain reaction changed science

Legacy of 1942 breakthrough on campus includes advances in many fields

Harris School to house Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists upon its return to UChicago

Harris School to house Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists upon its return to UChicago

The first nuclear reactor, explained Illustration depicting CP-1

The first nuclear reactor, explained

The world’s first reactor was built underneath the stands of a University of Chicago stadium as part of the Manhattan Project—kicking off the Atomic Age.