Polonium is a rare, highly volatile radioactive element first discovered by the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie in 1898.

Polonium-210 is one of the world's rarest elements, discovered in 1898 by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie and named in honor of her country of origin, Poland.

ALEXANDER Litvinenko’s murder played out like a spy thriller and at the centre of the murky plot was a mysterious, deadly element: Polonium-210. He died 22 days after drinking a cup of tea la… ...

Polonium-204 is, indeed, a real element — but it's a bit complicated. Polonium was discovered by the famous physicist, Marie Curie, and her husband, Pierre, in 1898.

Polonium-210 is one of the world's rarest elements, discovered in 1898 by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie and named in honor of her country of origin, Poland.

Polonium is a radioactive element that occurs naturally in tiny amounts (which are harmless to us). It was discovered in 1898 by Marie Curie, during her research on pitchblende, an ore of uranium.

During 1898, Marie Curie was attempting to identify the cause of radioactivity in pitchblende (a common uranium ore). During her investigations she discovered an element associated with bismuth. Marie ...

Every element has a story, and talking to Smart News Gallagher recounted one of his favorite tales of elemental discovery: One of my favourites has to be polonium, though, the first element to be ...

What is Polonium-210, the radioactive element used to kill Alexander Litvinenko? By Kym Agius. Topic: Science and Technology. Fri 22 Jan 2016 Friday 22 January 2016 Fri 22 Jan 2016 at 12:46am.