Physics
- Victor Hess discovers that the ionization of air increases with altitude, indicating the existence of cosmic radiation.
- Max von Laue suggests using crystal lattices to diffract X-rays.
- Walter Friedrich and Paul Knipping diffract X-rays in zinc blende.
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