Marie and Pierre Curie’s partnership transformed science, leading to the discovery of polonium and radium and pioneering the study of radioactivity. Their work not only earned them Nobel Prizes but ...

Pioneering physicist and chemist born in Warsaw, she carried out groundbreaking research on radioactivity and discovered new elements.

Marie Curie’s life was marked by two Nobel Prizes, a love rooted in science, and a constant struggle against sexism in ...

In a BBC poll Marie Curie has been voted the top woman to have made the most significant impact on the world. "Someone should tell Snapchat that Marie Curie didn't have a smoky eye. But she did win a ...

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, we look back at May 23, 1921, when the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania hosted a distinguished visitor – Marie Curie. Dean Martha Tracy (herself a WMC alumna, ...

Marie Skłodowska Curie pursued scientific knowledge and achievement with an obsessive passion, dragging the world into the future as she continued to break barriers for women -- even after death. Born ...

In the early 20th century, two of Europe’s most famous women scientists had to fight the male establishment for lab space, teaching positions, fellowships and — most important — recognition for their ...

A running figure covered with 557 steel daffodils, representing the number of people who die every day in the UK without the ...