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From the Louvre to the Musée d’Orsay, there’s no question that Paris has some of the best museums in Europe. But not all of ...
Marie Curie’s scientific journey truly began when she met and married Pierre Curie, a fellow physicist. The couple’s collaborative work led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and ...
On the eve of what would have been Damien Morgan’s birthday, a heartfelt and uplifting event took place in his honour, a ...
Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who became the first woman to win a Nobel prize . Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out ...
Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris to trace the radioactive fingerprints she left behind.
The planned demolition of a Paris laboratory used by pioneering scientist Marie Curie has been suspended after an intervention from France’s minister of culture. The Pavillon des Sources, in ...
Dava Sobel is the author of the forthcoming “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.” In the century-plus history of the Nobel Prizes, women have ...
There was more to Marie Curie’s life than Nobel Prizes. Though, yes, those are notable. In 1903 the Polish physicist and chemist was the first woman to win the prestigious award, together with ...
That sisterly bond is the subject of Lauren Gunderson’s 2020 play “The Half-Life of Marie Curie,” which opened Saturday in its San Diego premiere at New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad.