Marie Curie, an emblematic figure in the world of science, has left an indelible mark on the fabric of physics and chemistry.

The world is not short of biographies of Marie Curie, but American science writer Dava Sobel has taken a new approach. In her ...

Irène Curie was born September 12th, 1897 in Paris to Marie and Pierre Curie. She was a shy, serious child and quite attached to her mother. Irène idolized Marie from the start and spent her ...

Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science ...

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 ...

In Paris, in 1908, a female mathematician recalls Pierre Curie describing the efforts of scientists to prove that the ...

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1903 in physics, ...

The “glow of radium” burned away neoplasms but ate into the bones of those who worked with it. X-rays showed up broken and ...

They called it the shed, though it was more of a dilapidated hangar. A former anatomy theater, it housed old pinewood tables, ...

Céline Vallot, research director at CNRS and leader of the dynamics of epigenetic plasticity in cancer group at Institut Curie. Photo by Anastasia Pivovarova for Microsoft. Marie and Pierre Curie ...

Curie to apply as a candidate for the chair in the section of physics left vacant by Gernez, and formerly occupied by her husband and collaborator, Pierre Curie. In the preliminary grading of ...

Sadly Pierre died when he was just 46 ... But it was and because of this Marie became very ill and died. Marie Curie inspired others to continue her work. Over time, this has saved the lives ...