what are 5 key accomplishments of marie and/or Pierre curie?
@boogirl12 have you takent the science test
Marie Curie identified the radioactive properties of elements like thorium and minerals of uranium. She deduced that uranium rays lend conductivity to surrounding air. She discovered the elements Polonium and Radium. She coined the term radioactivity and also pioneered in the research that led to using radioactivity in treating cancer. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. She is the first and only woman to receive it in two sciences. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, which she shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel. It was given for her work in radiation. In 1911, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of polonium and radium and her study of the nature and compounds of radium.
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