The Cold War began shortly after WWII and plunged the world into a series of conflicts that would last more than forty years.

The Combined Development Trust (CDT) was an effort spearheaded by General Leslie Groves to control the world market of uranium ore.

The development of early computing benefited enormously from the Manhattan Project’s innovation.

For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the National Air and Space Museum proposed a controversial exhibition that displayed the Enola Gay.

Perhaps one of the most intriguing stories to come out of the Manhattan Project was the partnerships formed by the military, the scientific community, and some of America's foremost corporations.

One of the greatest controversies to come out of World War II was whether the atomic bomb was necessary to bring about its end.

A list of books and articles provide a range of perspectives on the atomic bombings.

The debate over what precipitated the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II is a source of contention among historians. This debate has also figured prominently in the discussion of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Mendelevium, or element 101, was discovered at the Berkeley Rad Lab in 1955 using advanced techniques and tools.