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.

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 ...

While her discoveries of radium and polonium are well-known, it’s the amalgamation of her unique qualities and experiences that truly set her apart. So, what propelled her to a pedestal that few ...

The couple’s collaborative work led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. Curie’s meticulous research demonstrated that these elements emitted radiation ...

The Belgian pitchblende mines, whence the related radium, polonium and lead are refined, are at Katanga, Belgian Congo. Those mines have far outdistanced the Jackinov mines in Czechoslovakia where ...

But their efforts paid off and at last Marie had isolated an element they named “radium”; they had already discovered another and named it “polonium” after her native Poland. This newcomer ...

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 ...

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 ...

the radioactive elements polonium and radium. Alongside her French physicist husband, Pierre Curie, the brilliant scientific pair discovered a new radioactive element in 1898. The duo named the ...