The name "Curie" is most often associated with Marie Curie, and with good reason. However, her husband Pierre had made a name for himself years before Marie began her epic work, and he assisted in the research that won the couple two Nobel Prizes....

Pierre Curie (1859-1906) was a noted physicist who became famous for his collaboration with his wife, Marie Curie, in the study of radioactivity. Before joining his wife in her research, Curie was already widely known and respected in the world of...

Pierre Curie was a noted physicist who became famous for his collaboration with his wife Marie Curie in the study of radioactivity. Before joining his wife in her research, Pierre Curie was already widely known and respected in the world of physics. He...

1859-1906 French physicist who performed research in magnetism and radioactivity, awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Best known as the husband of Marie Curie, he was a distinguished scientist in his own right. His research into magnetic...

French physicist Pierre Curie was a physicist who became famous for his collaboration with his wife Marie Curie in the study of radioactivity. Before joining his wife in her research, Pierre Curie was already widely known and respected in the world of...

Pierre Curie (May 15 1859 – died April 19 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics with his wife, Maria Skłodowska-Curie (Marie Curie),...

Initially, Pierre thought women a distraction. Distracting, yes, but specifically, it was their hands' imprecision and perilous hair. This he thought in the small basement lab where the walls sweated the Seine into air, studying moments of small magnetism as they passed through the...

The problem with the biotechnology industry is that it's hard to think of it as an industry in the same way you would classify the herds of commercial competitors chasing other kinds of technologies. Take a look at the Massachusetts biotechnology industry, and...

Eve Curie Labouisse, a journalist who wrote a best-selling biography of her mother, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, has died. She was 102.Labouisse died Monday in her Manhattan apartment, her stepdaughter, Anne L. Peretz, said Thursday.Her book "Madame Curie," published in 1937, chronicled the...

Petr EbenPRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Czech composer Petr Eben, whose wide variety of music has been performed around the globe, has died. He was 78.Eben died late Wednesday at his home in Prague, his son Marek told the CTK news agency Thursday. He was...