In 1915, Curie produced hollow needles containing "radium emanation", a colourless, radioactive gas given off by radium, later identified as radon, to be used for sterilising infected tissue.

Dec 1, 1996 · Chemists considered that the discovery and isolation of radium was the greatest event in chemistry since the discovery of oxygen. That for the first time in history it could be shown that an …

The new method used by P. Curie and Mme. Curie for the discovery of polonium and radium—chemical analysis controlled by measurements of radioactivity—has become fundamental for the chemistry of …

Jul 3, 2014 · Curie was not aware of the dangerous potential of radium; she died 80 years ago tomorrow, on July 4, 1934, from aplastic anemia contracted from radium exposure.

The Curies and Radium One of Becquerel's assistants, a young Polish scientist named Maria Sklowdowska (to become Marie Curie after she married Pierre Curie), became interested in the …

Thanks to the Curie method, Marie and Pierre Curie were soon able to demonstrate that other minerals emit the same type of invisible rays as uranium. They discovered two new elements: polonium...

The Curies isolated radium and confirmed its existence by March 1902, along with another element named polonium, honoring Marie's homeland. Their groundbreaking work earned them the Nobel …

Chris Packham explains how Marie Curie’s discovery of polonium and radium changed atomic theory and how her study of radioactivity helped doctors use X-rays to save thousands of lives.

In 1898, with Pierre Curie, she discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. Pierre passed away in 1906, victim of an accident. She continued research isolating polonium and radium to fully demon …

In 1898, they announced the discovery of two new elements, radium and polonium. Isolating pure samples of these elements was exhausting work for Marie; it took four years of back-breaking effort …