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Marie Curie, in Paris in 1925, was awarded a then-unprecedented second Nobel Prize 100 years ago this month. AFP / Getty Images When Marie Curie came to the United States for the first time, in ...

Marie Curie made groundbreaking discoveries in radioactivity, earning her two Nobel Prizes. She discovered polonium and radium, significantly advancin ...

As we near the end of Women’s History Month, a time designated to commemorate the role of women in history, we will explore ...

FEMINISM very nearly won a great victory in the French Academy of Sciences on January 23rd, 1911, when, in the election of a successor to the deceased academician Gernez, Marie Sklodowska Curie ...

There was a time when people didn't think that women were clever enough to work in science. We know today this is nonsense, but not then. One woman, Marie Curie, helped change the lives of people ...

In October 1914, Marie Curie and her daughter, Irène were driving a rickety van near a First World War battlefield in France. The two women were surrounded by the military – soldiers, officers, medics ...

In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married ...