Tomographyblog.com mentioned on Tiromed.com! November 8, 2007
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There are several web based communities, where you can create your own profile, upload your photos, and find others who share your interests. But beyond Facebook, Iwiw, BeBo and such there are some that are tailored for professional users. One of these is Tiromed, which is aimed at people who are related to the medical field. If you are a physician, medical student, or even a pre-med student your place is at Tiromed! Here you may ask for a mentor, or even become one yourself. You can upload your CV, search for job opportunities in your community and beyond, or even find people that you can collaborate with on your research. Tiromed is for everyone regardless of where you are attenting school, or your diploma.
So I had joined Tiromed a little while ago, and later I was asked by one of the founders, Max Sanel , if I’d be interested in being featured on their TiromedSpotlight. Certainly, I said yes, and embedded in my profile is the name of our blog, tomographyblog.com!
Check out the writing, but hurry it is only available until next week.
X is for Ray November 8, 2007
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This day – Nov. 8. – in 1895, german physicist Wilhelm Roentgen is working in his laboratory in Würzburg when he accidentally discovers the X-ray.
Roentgen was conducting experiments with a Crookes tube — basically a glass gas bulb that gives off fluorescent light when a high voltage current is passed through it — when he noticed that that the beam cast a greenish fluorescent light on a screen nine feet away, despite the tube being shielded by heavy black cardboard.
Roentgen concluded, correctly, that he was dealing with a new kind of ray, one that cast the shadow of a solid object when passed through an opaque covering from its point of origin. Not knowing what kind of ray he was dealing with, exactly, led him to call it an X-ray. The name stuck.
This “X” earned him a noble prize in physics in 1901.
source: wired.com


