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Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was the Austrian-Swedish physicist who, in 1938, interpreted the first nuclear-fission experiments, unlocking the door to nuclear power and weapons yet was excluded from the 1944 Nobel Prize awarded to her collaborator.
ScienceNuclear Fission
Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus splits into smaller nuclei, releasing immense energy, neutrons, and gamma radiation.