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 ...

Radium, Marie Curie and her husband discovered, destroyed diseased cells faster than healthy ones. Could the element fight ...

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize is also the only person to have won two separate science awards. Here's why her discoveries were influential.

Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...

Marie Curie, a name synonymous with pioneering scientific achievements, was not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize but also the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific ...

Marie Curie, in Paris in 1925, was awarded a then-unprecedented second Nobel Prize 100 years ago this month. AFP / Getty Images When Marie Curie came to the United States for the first time, in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist paved the path for other female scientists to follow. Here are some interesting facts about Marie Curie’s discoveries.

For example, we know that Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized French physicist and chemist who, in 1911, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of the women who worked with her.

Marie Curie's groundbreaking work in radioactivity, earning her two Nobel Prizes, led to significant contributions in science and medicine. Despite her discoveries of polonium and radium ...