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Discovery of polonium and radium

Skłodowska-Curie discovers polonium and radium.

Year
1898
Place
Paryż
Domain
Odkrycie

Marie Skłodowska-Curie, together with Pierre Curie, discovered the elements polonium and radium in Paris, laying the foundations for research into radioactivity.

Why it matters

The opening of a new era in the physics and chemistry of radioactivity.

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