...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6087560 | Transgenic fungal resistant plants expressing chitinase and glucanase, process for obtaining, and recombinant polynucleotides for uses therein Plants are provided with improved resistance against pathogenic fungi. They are genetically transformed with one or more polynucleotides which essentially comprise one or more genes encoding plant chitinases and ଲ-1,3-glucanases. Preferred are the i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5866776 | Method for the protection of plants against pathogens A method for the protection of plants against pathogens, wherein a polynucleotide sequence comprising at least a sequence of a pathogenic avirulence gene (E) encoding a specific elicitor protein molecule (e) or a portion thereof is introduced into the gen... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5716802 | Production of heterologous proteins in plants and plant cells This invention provides for a method to produce excreted and correctly processed heterologous protein-material in a plant host. The method comprises the step of transforming a plant host using a recombinant polynucleotide, which comprises the DNA sequence... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5714474 | Production of enzymes in seeds and their use A method of catalyzing in vitro reactions using seeds containing enhanced amounts of enzymes is disclosed. The method involves adding transgenic, non-wild type seeds, preferably in a ground form, to a reaction mixture and allowing the enzymes in the seeds... | 02/03/1998 |