The adage goes "like mother like daughter," and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter of two Nobel Prize laureates, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and ...

Marie and Pierre in the lab, c. 1904. Source: Unknown author/Wikimedia Commons Marie Curie is one of the greatest scientists in history—the first woman to be appointed a professor at the University of ...

Study radioactivity, its discovery by Henri Becquerel, key facts, and modern uses. Learn how radioactivity supports science ...