While we typically encourage hackers to make their own tools or machines when practical, x-ray machines don’t usually make that list. Despite the risk of radiation, [William Osman] has done just that ...

Thanks to years of research and development by many scientists and engineers, including Nikola Tesla, the X-ray machine was formally displayed by HL Smith on January 18, 1896. Prior to this exhibition ...

X-ray crystallography, like mass spectroscopy and nuclear spectroscopy, is an extremely useful material characterization technique that is unfortunately hard for amateurs to perform. The physical ...