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 ...

In October 1914, Marie Curie and her daughter, Irène were driving a rickety van near a First World War battlefield in France. The two women were surrounded by the military – soldiers, officers, medics ...

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 ...

CHRIS PACKHAM: Aboard a train bound for Paris sits a woman. Such was her passion for science, she travelled across Europe to study at the Sorbonne. Nobody could have guessed that this immigrant ...