1895: German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen is working in his laboratory in Würzburg when he accidentally discovers the X-ray. Roentgen was conducting experiments with a Crookes tube -- basically a glass ...
An X-ray shows the feet of an 6-year-old boy (Picture: ChinaFotoPress) It’s been 120 years since the first x-ray so we’ve decided to put a list together showing some of the most fascinating examples.
On January 12, 1896, three students at Davidson College experimented with x-rays. On January 6, 1896, the Associated Press announced that German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered a new form of ...
On March 27, 1845, physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, who discovered X-rays, was born in Lennep, Prussia. In 1884 the first long-distance phone call was made, between Boston and New York City. In 1886 ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Health care dramatically changed on Nov. 8, 1895, when German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray. Hailed as a medical miracle, ...
1896: Radioactivity is discovered accidentally by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel. Becquerel was investigating German colleague Wilhelm Roentgen's work on phosphorescence in uranium salts ...
A few days before Christmas 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen told his wife about a secret experiment. While studying the movement of electrons in something called a Crookes tube, he’d noticed ...
Many of the greatest scientific discoveries are eventually changed and adapted for more practical and widespread use. Since its discovery by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, the use of the X-ray has become ...
With laser-precise x-ray vision, the Linac Coherent Light Source will be an unprecedented tool to see how ultra-fast, ultra-small things work. With laser-precise x-ray vision, the Linac Coherent Light ...