News from Nobelprize.org

February 22, 2008

From the first X-ray images that allowed us to look inside our bodies to unravelling the complex machinery that lies at the heart of heredity, the Nobel Prizes have recognized many of the major achievements in scientific and medical imaging. Revisiting any of these individual Prizes provides an informative snapshot of the state-of-the-art thinking in imaging at the time of the award. However, an all-together more instructive and revealing vision of how imaging has advanced over the decades can be provided by tracing the development of the field along the path from one Nobel Prize to another.

With this in mind, we have created a new production entitled Imaging Life that combines articles, images and video to reveal the stories behind the advancement of scientific and medical imaging through the Nobel Prizes – some of which you will find listed below. Navigating the timeline allows you to trace the individual paths of illumination that led to each milestone in imaging and see how related Nobel Prizes have changed our view of ourselves and the world around us.

If this leaves you with an appetite to discover more about imaging, you will find plenty more relevant articles, videos and games on Nobelprize.org, examples of which can also be found below. As always, please let us know your opinion of what you find on Imaging Life and Nobelprize.org, or any suggestions for how we might improve the site.

Adam Smith
Editor-in-Chief

IMAGING LIFE
From atoms to X-rays and from magnetism to microscopes, take a trip along the timeline to see how Nobel Prize-awarded breakthroughs in imaging have changed how we view the world around and within us.
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A HELPING HAND FROM THE MEDIA
The world first discovered that Wilhelm Röntgen's mysterious X-rays could penetrate clothing and human skin, not from scientists, but from the press.
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WHAT IS LIFE?
The double helix structure of DNA is arguably the most recognizable icon in biology, so why were two of the three Laureates awarded the Nobel Prize for its discovery physicists?
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"A HARE-BRAINED SCHEME"
Many friends and colleagues doubted that Roger Kornberg's studies of transcription in baker's yeast would ever be relevant to humans, but as he reveals, he never had any doubts that this would work.
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EXPLORING HIDDEN WORLDS
Learn more about the different types of microscopes that are in use today and try out the techniques developed by Nobel Laureates using our microscope simulators.
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MAGNETIC DETECTOR
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, provided a revolutionary breakthrough in the way doctors could look inside the body to detect and diagnose diseases. Take a crash course in MRI with our game.
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VISIONARY CENTRE
One research institution in Cambridge, UK, did more than any other to pioneer the use of X-rays in imaging. One of its leaders, also a Nobel Laureate, tells the story of what made this centre uniquely successful.
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