X-ray technology, discovered by W. C. Röntgen, revolutionized clinical diagnostics by unveiling a new way to see inside the human body.

Just Months After Its Discovery, the X-Ray Was in Use in War The public was also fascinated by the fact it was possible to take pictures of somebody’s insides ...

Wilhelm Roentgen, 50, professor of physics at Wurzburg University, Bavaria, took the X-ray of his wife Anna Bertha's hand on December 22, 1895, after a eureka moment in his lab.

Roentgen published his initial findings in late December of 1895. It took a matter of weeks before such news spread around the world and X-rays became the media sensation of the day.

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 ...

Wilhelm Roentgen isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, or discover the X-ray, while toiling in his lab this day. But discover the X-ray is exactly what he does.

Last month marked the 175th anniversary of the birth of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), who won the 1901 Nobel prize for his discovery of X-rays.

Wilhelm Roentgen isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, or discover the X-ray, while toiling in his lab this day. But discover the X-ray is exactly what he does.