: In 1995, she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.

: She proved that radiation was an atomic property rather than a result of molecular interactions, a "revolutionary" discovery that challenged existing beliefs that atoms were solid and indivisible.

: Shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for their joint research on radiation phenomena.

Marie Curie (1867–1934) was a pioneering Polish-French scientist who fundamentally changed our understanding of the physical world through her research on —a term she coined. She remains one of history's most decorated scientists, distinguished as the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win them in two different scientific fields: Physics and Chemistry. Key Scientific Achievements

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Curie died in 1934 from aplastic anemia, a condition almost certainly caused by her lifelong exposure to high levels of radiation. Her laboratory notebooks remain so radioactive today that they must be stored in lead-lined boxes.

: In 1910, after years of processing tons of ore, she successfully isolated pure metallic radium, an achievement that earned her the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Medical and Humanitarian Impact