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 was named for the Latin for a ray and proved to be the most radioactive natural substance ever discovered. Although Marie Curie lived until 1934, her death from aplastic anaemia is almost ...

including the epoch-making discovery of radium, are set forth. Radium and polonium are not the only fruits of this ideal marriage, which was blessed by the birth of MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE ...

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, a name synonymous with pioneering ... In 1911, she was awarded a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, for her discovery of radium and polonium and her investigation of their ...

Long before the women who helped win the space race were depicted in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” women were making contributions to science that far outpaced the credit they were given for their ...

The physicists-chemists Marie and Pierre Curie considered these their ... which had been discovered in 1789 and 1828, the Curies discovered polonium and radium, isolating them from the mineral ...

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 ...

One woman, Marie Curie, helped change ... everything in our Universe. They discovered a new element that gave off rays of heat and light - they called this radium. They studied the light and ...

For some children it’s dinosaurs, for others trains or mermaids. For me it was rocks. I can pinpoint the moment exactly. I ...

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 ...