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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521by Moya, A., Huisman, L., Foret, S., Gattuso, J. -P., Hayward, D. C., Ball, E. E., Miller, D. J.Contributors: “...Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie...”
Published in Molecular Ecology (2015)
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522by Eichinger, Irmgard, Hourdez, Stéphane, Bright, MonikaContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Organisms Diversity & Evolution (2013)
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523by Clark, Melody S., Thorne, Michael A. S., Toullec, Jean-Yves, Meng, Yan, Guan, Le Luo, Peck, Lloyd S., Moore, StephenContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in PLoS ONE (2011)
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524by Morard, Raphaël, Lejzerowicz, Franck, Darling, Kate F., Lecroq-Bennet, Béatrice, Winther Pedersen, Mikkel, Orlando, Ludovic, Pawlowski, Jan, Mulitza, Stefan, de Vargas, Colomban, Kucera, MichalContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Biogeosciences (2017)
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525by Percopo, Isabella, Ruggiero, Maria Valeria, Balzano, Sergio, Gourvil, Priscillia, Lundholm, Nina, Siano, Raffaele, Tammilehto, Anna, Vaulot, Daniel, Sarno, DianaContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published 2016
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526by Balzano, Sergio, Percopo, Isabella, Siano, Raffaele, Gourvil, Priscillia, Chanoine, Mélanie, Marie, Dominique, Vaulot, Daniel, Sarno, DianaContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...”
Published in Journal of Phycology (2016)
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527by Lu, Yanan, Wang, Li, Wang, Lianshun, Cong, Yuting, Yang, Guojun, Zhao, LiqiangContributors: “...Marie Curie International Training Network ARAMACC...”
Published in Marine Environmental Research (2018)
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528by González de Andrés, Ester, Blanco, Juan A., Imbert, J. Bosco, Guan, Biing T., Lo, Yueh‐Hsin, Castillo, Federico J.Contributors: “...FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions...”
Published in Global Change Biology (2019)
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529by Galand, Pierre E., Remize, Marine, Meistertzheim, Anne‐Leila, Pruski, Audrey M., Peru, Erwan, Suhrhoff, Tim Jesper, Le Bris, Nadine, Vétion, Gilles, Lartaud, FranckContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie...”
Published in Environmental Microbiology (2019)
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530by Teixidó, Núria, Caroselli, Erik, Alliouane, Samir, Ceccarelli, Chiara, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean‐Pierre, Fici, Pietro, Micheli, Fiorenza, Mirasole, Alice, Monismith, Stephen G., Munari, Marco, Palumbi, Stephen R., Sheets, Elizabeth, Urbini, Lidia, De Vittor, Cinzia, Goffredo, Stefano, Gambi, Maria CristinaContributors: “...FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions...”
Published in Global Change Biology (2020)
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531by Schiavon, Luca, Ceballos, Santiago G, Matschiner, Michael, Trucchi, Emiliano, La Mesa, Mario, Riginella, Emilio, Lucassen, Magnus, Mark, Felix C, Bilyk, Kevin, Franch, Rafaella, Wallberg, Andreas, Boscari, Elisa, Zane, Lorenzo, Papetti, ChiaraContributors: “...Marie Curie Cancer Care...”
Published in ICES Journal of Marine Science (2024)
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532by Amélineau, Françoise, Grémillet, David, Bonnet, Delphine, Le Bot, Tangi, Fort, JérômeContributors: “...European Commission Marie Curie IEF...”
Published in PLOS ONE (2016)
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533Contributors: “...FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions...”
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534by Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Tervo, Outi M., Grønnow, Bjarne, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Toft, Peter A., Bachmann, Lutz, Fietz, Katharina, Rekdal, Silje L., Christoffersen, Mads F., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Olsen, Morten Tange, Foote, Andrew D.Contributors: “...Marie Curie Actions ITN Fellowship ‘KWAF10’...”
Published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2016)
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535by Martínez Álvarez, L.M., Ruberto, L.A.M., Gurevich, J.M., Mac Cormack, W.P.Contributors: “...Marie Curie...”
Published in Cold Regions Science and Technology (2020)
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536by Mauffrey, Alizée R. L., Cappelatti, Laura, Griffin, John N.Contributors: “...Marie Curie...”
Published in Journal of Ecology (2020)
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537by Réveillac, Elodie, Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas, Oberhänsli, François, Teyssié, Jean-Louis, Jeffree, Ross, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Martin, SophieContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU...”
Published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2015)
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538by Réveillac, Elodie, Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas, Oberhänsli, François, Teyssié, Jean-Louis, Jeffree, Ross, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Martin, SophieContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU...”
Published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2015)
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539by Réveillac, Elodie, Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas, Oberhänsli, François, Teyssié, Jean-Louis, Jeffree, Ross, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Martin, SophieContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU...”
Published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2015)
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540by Réveillac, Elodie, Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas, Oberhänsli, François, Teyssié, Jean-Louis, Jeffree, Ross, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Martin, SophieContributors: “...Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU...”
Published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2015)
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