Click to open image viewer. Mars Pathfinder was the first spacecraft to land on the surface of the red planet since the Viking mission in 1976. It was launched on December 4, 1996. On reaching Mars on ...

A Chennai-born scientist Samathmika Ravi, has been awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship, one of European Union’s most competitive research grants. An alumna of Sri ...

Maria Salomea Skłodowska was born in Poland, but pursued her professional career as a scientist in France, where she became a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, discovering polonium (named in ...

During World War I, she promoted the medical use of portable X-ray units, known as the “Petit Curie,” bringing radiological technology to the front lines to diagnose fractures and locate bullets, ...

From banana-costume fun runs to kitchen tables piled high with lemon drizzle and fairy cakes, Britain is being asked to do something simple this March: Go Yellow. It's all part of Marie Curie's Great ...

Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of radiation. She discovered the elements polonium and radium with her husband, Pierre. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in ...

Quote of the day: draws attention not to achievement, but to the unfinished work that follows it. In an age defined by milestones, awards and public recognition, the thought encourages a quieter, more ...

Daniel Pierre Cascales, 29, learned his fate in Brisbane’s district court on Thursday, facing charges of drug trafficking and possession. Police found 242 grams of cannabis in his Bowen Hills home in ...

Terminally ill patients in Liverpool will have access to a new ward after a 26-bed hospice inpatient unit permanently closed last year, a charity has said. Marie Curie staff are being seconded to work ...