In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of X-rays marked the moment science learned to look beyond surfaces, fusing physics, medicine, and the power of the unseen. In November 1895, German ...

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 ...

On the night of November 8, 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen finished his supper and went to his laboratory to conduct some routine experiments. Roentgen had no way of knowing that, ...

The first X-ray images ever taken are now part of the Memory of the World Register of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The German Commission for UNESCO ...

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.

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895, while experimenting with a Crookes tube. The accidental discovery of X-rays occurred when a distant screen glowed despite the tube being covered.

One hundred and twenty years ago this weekend, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen found himself messing about at his home in Würzburg, Germany, with a Crookes tube and a sheet of paper painted with barium ...

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 ...

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 ...

1. René Laennec (1781-1826) French physician René Laennec is credited with inventing the first stethoscope in 1816. It was pretty much just an ear trumpet pressed on the chest, but it marked one of ...

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