In July 1898, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Pierre Curie published work where they mentioned the term radioactivity for the first time. During that same year, the two Nobel Prize laureates discovered two new elements: polonium (in June 1898) and radium (in December 1898). Watch the story behind the discovery of polonium, as well as radium. #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize

In July 1898, Marie Skłodowska Curie and Pierre Curie published work where they mentioned the term radioactivity for the first time. During that year, the two Nobel Prize laureates discovered two new elements: polonium and radium. #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize

Marie Curie is one of the greatest female scientists ever. She famously won the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre in 1903 and became a global sensation for their work on radiotherapy. Her dedication to this field ultimately cost her her life as she passed away in 1934 from the results of radiation exposure. Her belongings remain radioactive today. Curie less famously won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the elements radium and polonium. This tends to be overshadowed