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

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Polonium, (element 84), was discovered in 1898 and named after Poland, the homeland of Marie Curie (Ne Sklodowska) who found it with her husband Pierre Curie. This loyalty was a direct affront to ...

Vladimir Putin will be mad his henchmen failed to come up with Israeli-style exploding devices to take out his enemies but ...

The Mathematician and Computer Scientist was considered the first Computer Programmer. An Award is named after her and is ...

She suspected the presence of an even more powerful element. MARIE-NOELLE HIMBERT: Here, Po, Polonium is the first element that they discovered. CHRIS PACKHAM: It’s remarkable, isn’t it?

VLADIMIR Putin will be furious he didn’t conjure up an Israeli-style sabotage strike first, a former spymaster has said. The Russian dictator’s forces have employed sabotage in their ...

Getty Images Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who became a British citizen, was fatally poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 in 2006 Vladimir Putin does not forgive traitors nor those ...

In the UK, two Russian ex-secret service agents were targeted: Alexander Litvinenko fatally with radioactive polonium-210 in 2006, and Sergei Skripal with the toxic nerve agent Novichok in 2018.

Pu-238 has a half-life of 87.7 years, making it a much longer-lasting source of energy than polonium-210, which was used in the 1959 RTG prototype and has a half-life of 138 days. Pu-238 exhibits high ...

This well-loved tale is beautifully imagined for a new generation by children’s illustrator Yi-Hsuan Wu. Three brave little ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...