WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most important branches of the Manhattan Project was the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Known simply as the “Met Lab, ‘’ the laboratory’s primary role was to design a viable method for plutonium production that could fuel a nuclear reaction.

Detailed explanation-2: -The story goes back at least to the fall of 1938 when two German scientists, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman, working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, found barium in the residue material. from an experiment in which they had bombarded uranium with neutrons from a radium-beryllium source.

Detailed explanation-3: -University of Chicago scientists have been able to create a new kind of quantum object at will in the laboratory: “domain walls.” The discovery can help researchers better understand exotic quantum particles-and could suggest avenues for new technology in the future, such as quantum electronics or quantum memory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Argonne nuclear pioneers: Chicago Pile 1 on YouTube (by Argonne National Laboratory) On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went critical and produced the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction.