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What field did Irene Curie win the Nobel Prize in?

physics

chemistry

biology

She is not a Nobel Prize winner

In 1933, the Joliot-Curies made the discovery that radioactive elements can be artificially produced from stable elements. This was done by exposing aluminum foil to alpha particles. When the radioactive source was removed, the Joliot-Curies discovered that the aluminum had become radioactive. For their research, the couple was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie was committed to her job. Did she have any children?

She didn't want to and thus didn't have children.

She was sterile as a result of the radiation.

Her daughter was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Her sole daughter died at the age of 2.

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