All radium articles
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ReviewHalf Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium
The story of a radioactive element from its rise to a cure-all ingredient to the downfall of an entire industry
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Podcast
Book club – Half Lives by Lucy Jane Santos
From radioactive spa treatments to liquid sunshine, this book traces a forgotten part of chemistry history
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Research
Molecular experiments hope to reveal new physics
Detecting extremely short-lived radium fluoride can explore standard model’s limits
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Review
The radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women
A reminder of where health and safety came from, and why it is so very important for progress
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Opinion
It belongs to the people
How Marie Curie’s desire to share her science for the common good priced her out of the game
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