At the end of the 19th century, while studying the effects of passing an electrical current through gases at low pressure, German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen accidentally discovered X-rays—highly ...

He continued to experiment and learned the images could be photographed, producing a simple version of the x-ray we know today. However, the damaging effects of the x-rays weren’t known for some ...

The century-old field of X-ray physics is being rejuvenated by new forms of ultrabright sources based on laser technology, promising a revolution in imaging capabilities. This month Nature ...