On this day, chemists discovered a substance 900 times more radioactive than uranium. Their research led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs and worldwide fame — but it would also kill one of them.

As we near the end of Women’s History Month, a time designated to commemorate the role of women in history, we will explore the life of a woman who made tremendous and long-lasting scientific ...

They called it the shed, though it was more of a dilapidated hangar. A former anatomy theater, it housed old pinewood tables, a cast-iron stove and a blackboard—all under a high ceiling that leaked.

Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win the award twice. Marie's efforts, with help from husband Pierre Curie, led to the discovery of polonium and radium ...

Early years of radioactivity -- Pioneer women of radioactivity -- Marie Curie: time only for science and family / Helena M. Pycior -- Ellen Gleditsch: professor and humanist / Anne-Marie Weidler ...

The research notebooks of the French scientist Marie Curie remain radioactive even after more than a century, AzerNEWS reports citing Space Daily. The experts sat that the pages are mainly ...

Marie Curie holds a special place in Nobel Prize history—not only the first woman to win the prize, but also one of very few people to have been awarded a second. Both were connected with the element ...