Penetrating radiation

Noticed casually, but studied on purpose by W. Röntgena, served to discover the DNA structure



First tubes for X-(Röntgen) rays
[Science Museum, Londyn]

Synchrotron - a modern source of X - rays
[DESY, Hamburg]

Early set-ups for Röntgen's rays
[Deutsche Museum, Monachium]



How DNA looks like?rnaStructure of adenovirus RNA obtained by X-rays [Nature] 

Super poisonbiałko Röntgen's rays in biology - structure of proteins [DESY, Hamburg]

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