...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 |
| 7329807 | High-efficiency fusogenic vesicles, methods of producing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them The present invention relates to novel fusogenic vesicles as highly efficient and versatile encapsulation systems for delivering a substance of choice, such as nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, antigens, pharmaceutical drugs and cosmetic agents to cells and tissues... | 02/12/2008 |
| 6616926 | Methods of modulating lipid metabolism and storage Anti-hedgehog antibodies directed at blocking the binding of hedgehog to its receptor patched-1, will impair lipid metabolism and storage. This invention presents methods for the treatment of a variety of lipid metabolism and lipid storage disorders, aber... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613894 | Method for producing a pyranosyl nucleic acid conjugate The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a pyranosyl nucleic acid of the formula (I) or of the formula (II) ##STR1## The process for the preparation of the pyranosyl nucleic acid comprises (a) bonding the nucleoside to a solid support, (b... | 09/02/2003 |