Marie Curie, an emblematic figure in the world of science, has left an indelible mark on the fabric of physics and chemistry.

When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the natural radioactive elements polonium and radium, they did something truly remarkable– they uncovered an entirely new property of matter. The Curies ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like radium and polonium, the constantly transmuting elements she added to the periodic table, there were ...

Chris Packham explains how Marie Curie’s discovery of polonium and radium changed atomic theory and how her study of radioactivity helped doctors use X-rays to save thousands of lives.

As well as the fuss over her second Nobel Prize (she wins the second for discovering radium and polonium, as well as determining radium's atomic weight) – the Royal Society won't grant her a ...

Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science ...

She won another Nobel in 1911, this time in chemistry, for her discovery of radium and polonium. Curie is the only person to have won two different science categories. How many Nobel Prizes are there?

Radium and polonium are not the only fruits of this ideal marriage, which was blessed by the birth of MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE Immortalized by her researches on radium. two children who already give ...

While grinding up an even more radioactive substance known as pitchblende, she also discovered that it consisted of two elements that she dubbed radium and polonium. Curie's work revealed the ...

Thursday marks the anniversary of the birth of Polish Nobel Prize-winning scientist Maria Skłodowska-Curie, an inspiring ...

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Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out pioneering research into radioactivity. Born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867 ...