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.

The wonder of radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became a status symbol For some children it’s dinosaurs, for others trains ...

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 ...

By December of that year, they had found another new element, ‘radium’, named after the Latin word for ray. Polonium and radium were added to Marie Curie's discoveries, paving the way for modern ...

Sobel tells us that Curie “toiled under an actual glass ceiling from 1899 to 1902, the years she spent in that ‘poor, shabby hangar,’ spinning pitchblende into radium.” Marie’s entrée ...

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 ...

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 ...

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There was a time when people didn't think that women were clever enough to work in science. We know today this is nonsense, but not then. One woman, Marie Curie, helped change the lives of people ...

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the discoverer of radium and polonium, Marie Curie is one of scientific history’s pioneers. Yet as playwright Lauren Gunderson’s “The Half-Life of ...