In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the ...

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Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of radiation. She discovered the elements polonium and radium with her husband, Pierre. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in ...

History often only remembers great scientists for what they found. But sometimes, when they are alone together, they show a ...

A powerful true story of courage, injustice and workplace safety comes alive as The Masquers presents ‘Radium Girls’ on stage.

She laid much of the theoretical groundwork for the atomic bomb, although she did not participate directly in its production.

The Coral Gables store has opened its doors — one Wednesday per month — to those looking for a brief refuge from an often ...

Marie Curie, a Polish-born scientist, revolutionized physics and chemistry. She discovered radioactive elements Polonium and ...

When the Eiffel Tower opened for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, its girders bore in gold lettering the names of scientists whom Gustave Eiffel said had honoured France since 1789.

Marie Curie’s famous quote about perseverance still inspires people worldwide. Her extraordinary journey through science and ...

Vermont Stage and Middlebury Acting Company share female-focused stories by the popular playwright this month, spotlighting Marie Curie and the women of ‘Hamlet.’ ...

Three naked, athletic, entangled figures – backlit behind a screen – writhe in ecstasy as the play opens. Alex (Julian Curtis ...