Photography in Science - Science in Photography

08/17/2025

11/20/2024

These radiographs were made using fewer X-rays than traditional scans. Scientists publishing in ACS Central Science increased the sensitivity of the detector using specially engineered crystals. This new technology reduced the dosage of X-rays that are needed to produce a high-quality image. These images show how well the new detector reveals a metal needle piercing a raspberry or the internal guts of a USB cord.

“This advancement reduces detection limits and paves the way for safer and more energy-efficient medical imaging and industrial monitoring,” says Omar F. Mohammed, the corresponding author on the study.

Read more about the science: https://brnw.ch/21wOOPl

11/15/2024

Upcoming at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The New Art: American Photography, 1839–1910; April 11–July 20, 2025.

Exhibition upcoming at The Met

10/25/2024

10/24/2024

🔍 How do you look inside a body without the need for surgery?
..with an X-ray machine! X-rays are a type of electromagnetic energy that can help us produce images of inside the body. But how do they work - and what do they have to do with breast cancer?

Learn more in Part 1 of our blog from your favorite Chicago surgical science museum!
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10/23/2024

Incredible event at Wagner Free Institute of Science! Kudos to The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Entomology Curatorial Assistant Greg Cowper and Brooke Dolan Archivist Jessica Lydon for presenting the out-of-this-world slides from the Academy’s collections portraying early twentieth-century insects of the Western United States! Way to go! We need the full collection of glass plates available online to share with the world!

Check more info here: https://ansp.org/research/library/at

10/18/2024

Explore the Night Sky with Yerkes' Great Refractor Telescope!
Join us for an exclusive, 2-hour evening with only 12 tickets available! Weather permitting, you'll view the cosmos through the world’s largest refracting telescope. If skies are cloudy, enjoy a behind-the-scenes historical tour of Yerkes, exploring hidden treasures like glass space pictures and vintage astrophotography. Book now for a night of wonder!
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10/16/2024

10/13/2024

Capturing th Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory, US

Chicago University owns an incredible collection of glass plates that contributed to groundbreaking discoveries at the famed Yerkes Observatory during the early twentieth century. Find the untold history of how women contributed to this work! Check it out here:

Join the UChicago Space Network online in conversation with science historian Kris Palmieri and astrophysicist Richard G. Kron about the ways the University ...

10/08/2024

10/08/2024

10/06/2024

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Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon 2024
October 10
6 - 7:30pm EDT
Wagner Free Institute of Science

1700 West Montgomery Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19121
USA

Celebrate Archives Month Philadelphia at Wagner Free Institute of Science in the historic lecture hall as glass lantern slides from area special collections will be presented with a vintage projector!

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You’ll have the opportunity to see historical lantern slides from The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, American Philosophical Society, Founder's Hall at Girard College, Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at Wagner Free Institute of Science.

In the spirit of lantern exhibition culture, this salon will bring together unique and rarely seen images presented in the context for which they were originally created.

Sit back and enjoy as we travel over and around the Swiss Alps; explore Palestine through the eyes of Khalil Raad, “Palestine’s first Arab photographer”; view hand-colored images of Philadelphia gardens while learning about the pioneering women who created them; survey early twentieth century insects of the Western United States; and so much more!

Predating the motion picture, lantern slides were used for entertainment and to illustrate educational programs. The Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon will be held using a historic lantern projector in the Wagner’s Victorian-era lecture hall.

It will be a rare treat while reviving an old technology to see a culturally significant lantern slides from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel, and other Philadelphia’s most distinguished institutions.

Credit:
Wagner Free Institute of Science

From The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Academy’s Entomology Curatorial Assistant Greg Cowper and Brooke Dolan Archivist Jessica Lydon will be presenting slides from the Academy’s collections portraying early twentieth-century insects of the Western United States.

Learn more, follow, and/or help support events like these!

https://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org/

Celebrate Archives Month Philly in the Wagner's historic lecture hall as we view glass lantern slides from area special collections!