: During World War I, she developed a fleet of mobile X-ray units known as "Little Curies" ( petites Curies ). She personally trained 150 women to operate them, allowing battlefield surgeons to locate shrapnel and save lives.
: 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 Marie CurieHD
: Awarded to her alone for the discovery and isolation of radium and polonium. : During World War I, she developed a
: In 1995, she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris. Medical and Humanitarian Impact : Awarded to her
: 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.
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: Her research laid the groundwork for radiotherapy , using radiation to destroy diseased cells and treat tumors, which evolved into modern cancer treatment.