The Curies’ work was the key to unlocking the mysteries of the atom, which was previously thought to be indivisible. Their research opened the door to nuclear medicine and clean energy ...
When they married in 1895, X-rays had just been invented in Germany. The ‘x’ in X-ray stood for ‘invisible light’, an unknown force at the time. The Curies, together with another French scientist ...
Not only was the phenomenon itself discovered by Becquerel, but other landmark achievements in the field included the isolation of the radioactive elements polonium and radium by the Curies ...
The same year, the Curies discovered radium. In 1903, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics alongside Pierre and Henri Becquerel. Eight years later, she won her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
This page provides a summary of the findings from the report. It includes insight from Marie Curies' Julie Pearce (chief nurse and executive director of Caring Services) and Dr Sarah Holmes (medical ...