360What happened in 1898?
5 moments from 1898 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · December 1898
Marie and Pierre Curie discover polonium and radium
In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered two new radioactive elements in Paris: polonium in July, named after Marie's homeland Poland, and radium in December. Marie Curie coined the word 'radioactivity'. She became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in 1903, and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences.
- On this day · 26 December 1898
Marie and Pierre Curie announce radium
On 26 December 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie, with Gustave Bémont, announced to the French Academy of Sciences the discovery of a new radioactive element, which they named radium. Their work founded the study of radioactivity and later led to new treatments for cancer.
- July 1898 · from Marie and Pierre Curie discover polonium and radium
Polonium is announced
- December 1898 · from Marie and Pierre Curie discover polonium and radium
Radium is announced
- 1898 · from The 1890s: X-rays, cinema and the Olympic Games reborn
Curies discover radium