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20th April 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie prove the existence of radium

20th April 2020
Tagged as: Chemistry, Curie, Discovery, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, Physics, Radiation, Radioactivity, Radium, Science

Marie and Pierre Curie proved the existence of the new element radium when they chemically isolated one-tenth of a gram of pure radium chloride.

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28th December 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes his discovery of X-rays

28th December 2019
Tagged as: Germany, Health, Medicine, Physics, Science, Technology, x-ray

Röntgen was experimenting with vacuum tubes at the University of Würzburg when he discovered the new ‘invisible light’ on 8 November 1895.

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