This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Even in the world of science, it is not every ...
It was dirty work, Marie and Pierre Curie's discovery of radium and polonium. To investigate uranium at their Paris laboratory, Marie acquired several tons of pitchblende, a black ore, and the ...
Today is International Women’s Day. Here is an overview of some of the most significant advances in the treatment of serious ...
No detail was too small for Rosamund Pike, the British Oscar-nominated “Gone Girl” star, to play the legendary scientist Marie Curie, the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes, in “Radioactive.” ...
WITH reference to the interesting letter on this subject by Prof. Rutherford in last week's NATURE, I should like to point out that in my paper “On the positive electrification of α rays and the ...
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If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...
Elizabeth Rona’s work taught us fundamental details about atoms. Her preoccupation with the radioactivity of seawater and ocean sediments revealed the hands of a clock, stretching back eons. She did ...
A CONVERSATION I had with Prof. Bragg, of the Adelaide University, in passing through Adelaide last summer suggested some thoughts in regard to the nature of the α rays which may be of interest in ...
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