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 ...

A cat named after the brilliant Polish chemist Marie Curie is looking for her forever family in Texas. Curie, the actual ...

Their nurturing, as much as the discovery of radium, crowned her life’s work. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel 4th Estate ...

Everything I have done,' she once declared. 'I owe to Marie Curie.' The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science, by Dava Sobel (4th Estate £22, 336pp) ...

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.

Marie Curie’s discoveries had profound implications for medicine. The use of radium in cancer treatment, known as radiotherapy, revolutionized the field. Her work paved the way for the ...

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who became the first woman to win a Nobel prize.Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out ...

Radium and polonium are not the only fruits ... and her aversion to sensational effects. The early life of Marie Sklodowska Curie is less well-known to the general public than the later phase ...

Dava Sobel, preeminent science writer, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author, joins John Williams to discuss the new book, “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow ...