Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...

1. Marie Curie’s parents were teachers. Maria Skłodowska was the fifth and youngest child of two Polish educators. Her parents placed a high value on learning and insisted that all their ...

Irène Joliot-Curie’s story may be overshadowed by her famous parents, but her work provided the vital link between their work and the development of nuclear medicine. She deserves to be lauded ...

Here, the real story of Marie Curie, trailblazing woman scientist. Print Collector // Getty Images Marya Sklodovska (Marie Curie) with her sister Bronya, seated, in 1886.

Marie Curie was born Marya Salomee Sklodowska (sklaw DAWF skah) on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, in the Russian sector of Poland (at the time, Poland was divided between Russia, Austria, and Prussia).

Dava Sobel is the author of the forthcoming “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.” In the century-plus history of the Nobel Prizes, women have ...

Irene Joliot-Curie, Marie Curie's daughter, continued her parents' Nobel legacy, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on artificial radioactivity, while also making significant ...

“Radioactive,” a thoughtful, very watchable fictionalized portrait of Marie Curie, tries hard to nudge the halo off its subject. Given her endeavors and accolades — including two Nobel ...