23 May 2018 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German
mechanical engineer and
physicist , who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected
electromagnetic radiation in a
wavelength range known as
X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In honour of his accomplishments, in 2004 the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named
element 111,
roentgenium , a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him.
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17 February 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Haus Cleff – Typical regional architecture style © Björn Janc
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Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is, after
Wuppertal and
Solingen , the third largest municipality in
Bergisches Land , being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area. The population was 113,935 in 2007.
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