What did Irene Joliot-Curie earn a Nobel Prize for?

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Chemistry

Ayanna Velez

13 December, 16:11

What did Irene Joliot-Curie earn a Nobel Prize for?

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Bria Stevens · Answer 1

Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.

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this made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date. She was also one of the first three women to be a member of a French government, becoming undersecretary for Scientific Research, under the Popular Front in 1936. Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also esteemed scientists.