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.

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 ...

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 ...

polonium and radium, in 1898. Curie’s meticulous research demonstrated that these elements emitted radiation, a phenomenon she termed “radioactivity.” In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie ...

A research team has successfully developed a super-photostable organic dye after two years of dedicated research demonstrating perseverance akin to that of Marie Curie, who painstakingly extracted ...

Polonium and radium were added to Marie Curie's discoveries, paving the way for modern physics, which is responsible for many technical developments that we still use today. The Curies then decided to ...

Confused? Read on… Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of radiation. Her discovery of radium and polonium hugely contributed to the fight against cancer, and she was ...

Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia, as a result of prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation from her research materials. Famous for her research on radioactivity, a technique to isolate the ...

A cat named after the brilliant Polish chemist Marie Curie is looking for her forever ... to win a Nobel Prize for her discovery of polonium and radium, the first person to ever win two Nobel ...

A VISIT WITH MARIE CURIE invites audiences to meet Marie Curie as she recollects her quest to isolate two elements — polonium and radium. From her childhood in Poland to groundbreaking research in ...