(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) X-ray — Making Invisible Visible

[November-2020]

X-ray — Making Invisible Visible

• Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, a German physicist discovered the X-ray in 1895 accidentally while observing whether cathode rays could escape through a glass tube having black covering. Suddenly he noticed a glow coming out from the covered glass tube giving new insights into the discovery.
• As the glow was unknown he dubbed it “X-ray” and on further investigation found that these new X-rays could penetrate the human flesh which could then be photographed and visualised. The year 2020 marks the 125 years of the discovery of X-ray for which Rontgen won the Nobel Prize in 1901.

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Courtesy: Science Reporter