RöNTGEN'S discovery of X-rays at the end of the year 1895 began a new era in the history of scientific investigation. Few discoveries have so speedily been followed by important benefits to ...

On 8 November 1895, German scientist Wilhem Röntgen discovered x-rays – a new technology that revolutionised medicine. Only, the interesting thing is, he didn’t actually mean to. Röntgen’s ...

What are X rays and what do they do? X rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that can penetrate or pass through the human body and produce shadow-like images of bones and some organs. The ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the ...

It’s over a century since X-rays were discovered and first allowed doctors to look inside a living human body. Today, the NHS carries out more than 22 million a year in England alone ...