X-rays, Bond Breaks, and Climate…

An X-ray flash illuminates a molecule. Credit: Raphael Jay Topics: Chemistry, Climate Change, Green Tech, High Energy Physics, Research, X-rays The use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer to developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical. The result, published in the journal Science,Continue reading “X-rays, Bond Breaks, and Climate…”

Photography of the Invisible…

Topics: Applied Physics, Optics, Women in Science, X-rays In February 1896 Sarah Frances Whiting, founder of the physics and astronomy departments at Wellesley College, conducted a series of x-ray experiments. She was working only a few weeks after the public announcement of Wilhelm Röntgen’s discovery of the rays, and she was not alone; amateur andContinue reading “Photography of the Invisible…”