Marie Curie’s daughter Irene continued her family’s Nobel legacy by discovering artificial radioactivity.
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Winning a Nobel Prize is a rare achievement, but some researchers have been awarded more than one.
The science that wins the Nobel Prize in Physics each year can be hard to get your head around – but it often has real everyday implications.
The Matter of Everything is a partial account of the history of physics, which leaves out a lot, including the story of some key women scientists.
Marie Curie overcame innumerable obstacles, and in the process has become a role model. But does the latest film version of her life do her story justice?
With its strange bluish glow and cancer-killing qualities, meet the wundermetal that became one of the great cautionary tales of modern times.
Uncovering forgotten history can help explain why science still has a masculine bias today.
To become a successful innovator, follow Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi and today’s female social entrepreneurs – focus on ideas and social value, not money.
The new physics syllabus for year 11 and 12 students in NSW contains no mention of specific women who have contributed to the field, nor their work.
Marie Skłodowska Curie was born 150 years ago and is still the only female scientist many people can name.
During World War I, Marie Curie left her lab behind, inventing a mobile X-ray unit that could travel to the battlefront and training 150 women to operate these ‘Little Curies.’
Back in the early 1900s, if you felt a bit sluggish you could reach for a beverage enhanced with radioactive elements to really add some pep to your step. It wouldn’t be a healthy choice, though.
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Timothy J. Jorgensen is a Friend of The Conversation.Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
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