#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris – becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics.
ALT The first page of Marie Curie's doctoral thesis.
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I'm confused.
Why do American workers get told to put their personal dosimeter badge on the outside of their leaded apron? It's never made sense to me.
I don't care what i get to the surface of the apron. i wanna know what is getting to my vital organs.
#radsafety
Within the last week in US.
MR tech on-duty, not in the magnet room.
MR table was out of the magnet room.
Nurse and tech-aide brought patient-on-gurney into magnet room.
Patient thrown (patient relatively unharmed).
Nurse struck reported fract. femur and pelvis.
#MRIsafety#MRI
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