Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (; ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( , ), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.She was born in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. She studied at Warsaw's clandestine Flying University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw. In 1891, aged 24, she followed her elder sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. In 1895, she married the French physicist Pierre Curie, and she shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with him and with the physicist Henri Becquerel for their pioneering work developing the theory of "radioactivity"—a term she coined. In 1906, Pierre Curie died in a Paris street accident. Marie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium, using techniques she invented for isolating radioactive isotopes. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms by the use of radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institute in Paris in 1920, and the Curie Institute in Warsaw in 1932; both remain major medical research centres. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals.
While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames, never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element she discovered ''polonium'', after her native country. Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at the sanatorium in Passy (), France, of aplastic anemia likely from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. In addition to her Nobel Prizes, she received numerous other honours and tributes; in 1995 she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Paris , and Poland declared 2011 the Year of Marie Curie during the International Year of Chemistry. She is the subject of numerous biographical works. Provided by Wikipedia
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221by Gérikas Ribeiro, Catherine, Marie, Dominique, Lopes dos Santos, Adriana, Pereira Brandini, Frederico, Vaulot, DanielContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods (2017)
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222by Rembauville, Mathieu, Briggs, Nathan, Ardyna, Mathieu, Uitz, Julia, Claustre, Hervé, Blain, SéphaneContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU...”
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223by Karlov, D. S., Marie, Dominique, Chuvochina, M. S., Alekhina, I. A., Bulat, S. A.Contributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Microbiology (2011)
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224by Golléty, Claire, Thiébaut, Éric, Davoult, DominiqueContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2011)
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225by Hawley, Scott M., Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A.E., Burton, Kevin W., Williams, Helen M., Gíslason, Sigurdur R.Contributors: “...European Union FP-7 Marie Curie MetTrans Initial Training Network...”
Published in Chemical Geology (2017)
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226by Niedziałkowska, Magdalena, Hayward, Matthew W., Borowik, Tomasz, Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz, Jędrzejewska, BogumiłaContributors: “...Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Fellowship BIORESC of European Community's Sixth Framework...”
Published in Mammal Research (2018)
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227by Giamalaki, K., Beaulieu, C., Henson, S. A., Martin, A. P., Kassem, H., Faranda, D.Contributors: “...Marie Curie FP7 Reintegration Grants within the Seventh European Community Framework...”
Published in Scientific Reports (2021)
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228by Trevisiol, A., Bergamasco, A., Montagna, P., Sprovieri, M., Taviani, M.Contributors: “...Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship...”
Published in Journal of Marine Systems (2013)
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229by Ballesta-Artero, Irene, Janssen, Reneé, van der Meer, Jaap, Witbaard, RobContributors: “...EU within the framework (FP7) of the Marie Curie International Training Network ARAMACC...”
Published in Marine Environmental Research (2018)
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230by Zhao, Liqiang, Schöne, Bernd R., Mertz-Kraus, Regina, Yang, FengContributors: “...Marie Curie International Training Network ARAMACC...”
Published in Science of The Total Environment (2017)
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231by Batista, Frederico M, López-Sanmartín, Monserrat, Boudry, Pierre, Navas, José I, Ruano, Francisco, Renault, Tristan, Fonseca, Vera G, Leitão, AlexandraContributors: “...Marie Curie Training fellowship...”
Published in Aquaculture Research (2014)
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232by Velázquez, David, López-Bueno, Alberto, Aguirre de Cárcer, Daniel, Ríos, Asunción de los, Alcamí, Antonio, Quesada, AntonioContributors: “...Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship...”
Published in Scientific Reports (2016)
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233by Lopp, Annika, Reintamm, Tõnu, Kuusksalu, Anne, Olspert, Allan, Kelve, MerikeContributors: “...EC Marie Curie Actions ITN...”
Published in Biochimie (2019)
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234by Fleming, Mitchell Stewart, Maugars, Gersende, Martin, Patrick, Dufour, Sylvie, Rousseau, KarineContributors: “...FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions...”
Published in Frontiers in Endocrinology (2020)
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235by Pinot, Adrien, Barraquand, Frédéric, Tedesco, Edoardo, Lecoustre, Vincent, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Gauffre, BertrandContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie...”
Published in Population Ecology (2016)
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236by Amélineau, F., Fort, J., Mathewson, P. D., Speirs, D. C., Courbin, N., Perret, S., Porter, W. P., Wilson, R. J., Grémillet, D.Contributors: “...European commission Marie Curie CIG...”
Published in Royal Society Open Science (2018)
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237by Raveh‐Rubin, Shira, Wernli, HeiniContributors: “...ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Marie Curie Actions for People COFUND Program...”
Published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2015)
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238by Cucchi, Thomas, Barnett, Ross, Martínková, Natália, Renaud, Sabrina, Renvoisé, Elodie, Evin, Allowen, Sheridan, Alison, Mainland, Ingrid, Wickham-Jones, Caroline, Tougard, Christelle, Quéré, Jean Pierre, Pascal, Michel, Pascal, Marine, Heckel, Gerald, O'Higgins, Paul, Searle, Jeremy B., Dobney, Keith M.Contributors: “...Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship...”
Published in Evolution (2014)
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239by Mereu, Luigi, Marzano, Frank S., Montopoli, Mario, Bonadonna, CostanzaContributors: “...Marie Curie Fellowship...”
Published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2015)
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240by Aguirre de Cárcer, Daniel, López-Bueno, Alberto, Pearce, David A., Alcamí, AntonioContributors: “...Marie Curie EU...”
Published in Science Advances (2015)
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