How Ogino Discovered Rhythm

How Josephson discovered his effect

The discovery of what we have ever since called the “Josephson effect” took place while I was visiting Cambridge, England, for a sabbatical year in 196162. R e c e n t l y , w h e n I t r a v e l l e d t o Kyoto to accept the London Prize on Brian Josephson’s behalf, I put together s o m e r e m i n i s c e n c e s o f t h a t period, which may be more interesting than a mere recapitulation of ...

How I discovered phase contrast.

How we discovered fluorescent speckle microscopy

Fluorescent speckle microscopy (FSM) is a method for measuring the movements and dynamic assembly of macromolecular assemblies such as cytoskeletal filaments (e.g., microtubules and actin) or focal adhesions within large arrays in living cells or in preparations in vitro. The discovery of the method depended on recognizing the importance of unexpected fluorescence images of microtubules obtaine...

How Were the Hilbert–einstein Equations Discovered?

The pathways along which A. Einstein and D. Hilbert independently came to the gravitational field equations are traced. Some of the papers that assert a point of view on the history of the derivation of the gravitational field equations “that radically differs from the standard point of view” are critically analyzed. It is shown that the conclusions drawn in these papers are completely groundless.

How does the brain process rhythm?

A region of the brain called the putamen has a central role in our ability to keep a beat in our head.