Scientific advances tend to be slow and meticulous affairs, built from incremental steps that eventually lead to a breakthrough. Such was the case with magnetic resonance imaging, which took decades ...

The discovery of X-rays: For more than a hundred years, the inner workings of the human body were a mystery, and the only way to see them was through invasive procedures. Suddenly, an invisible force ...

X-Rays are the amazing bits of the electro-magnetic spectrum that allow us to see through many objects — including human soft tissue. But when they were first publicly demonstrated on Jan. 23, 1896 — ...

Beamline I20-scanning at the Diamond Light source, one of the most powerful and best equipped beamlines for high-resolution spectroscopy in the world, where the discovery was made. Hidden features ...