Google Doodle honours Stefania Maracineanu; know all about Romanian physicist's research

On occasion of 140th birth anniversary of Stefania Maracineanu, who is popularly kwn for discovery of rioactivity, search giant Google has unveiled a special doodle.  Google Doodle for June 18 has been me to pay tribute to Romanian physicist, one of pioneering women in field of rioactivity discovery and study. Today's Google doodle features Maracineanu working on Polonium in a laboratory.

Once one will on doodle, it will take to a web p where one can find all related information about Maracineanu, who was very well kwn for her unparalleled “kwledge of precise electrometric measurements”.

Who is Stefania Maracineanu?

Maracineanu who was born in Bucharest, on June 18, 1882, earned her degree in physical and chemical science in 1910 and began working as a teacher at Bucharest's Central School for Girls. Maracineanu received a scholarship from Romanian Ministry of Science. She chose to continue her studies at Rium Institute in Paris. 

Under guidance of physicist Marie Curie, Rium Institute swiftly became a global hub for research of rioactivity. Mărăcineanu started to work on her Ph.D. sis on polonium, a chemical element discovered by Curie. 

Maracineanu discovered during her study that half-life of polonium seemed to depend on sort of metal it was placed on. This me her question wher polonium's alpha particles h converted some of metal's atoms into rioactive isotopes. Her work resulted in most probable first instance of artificial rioactivity. 

Maracineanu established country's first laboratory for research of rioactivity. Maracineanu devoted herself to researching artificial rain, which included a journey to Algeria to test her findings. She also looked into connection between earthquakes and rainfall and was first to discover that epicenter of an earthquake h a considerable rise in rioactivity in days preceding up to an earthquake. 

Maracineanu's work was ackwledged by Romanian Acemy of Sciences in 1936 when she was chosen as a Director of Research, but she never garnered international acclaim for discovery. actual chemical laboratory of Rium Institute, where Stefania Maracineanu used to research, is w in Curie Museum in Paris. 

(Im: Google)