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

Even in death, Marie Curie’s body held a secret: it remained radioactive, requiring a special lead-lined coffin for burial.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of a unique phase of water called 'plastic ice VII,' which forms under extreme pressures and temperatures. This discovery, observed through high-pressure ...

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) aims to help increase the number of women in the nuclear field, supporting an inclusive workforce of both men and women who contribute to and ...