Curie may refer to:

People with the surname Curie

  • Curie family, a French family of distinguished scientists:

:* Jacques Curie (1856–1941), French physicist, Pierre's brother

:* Pierre Curie (1859–1906), French physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Marie's husband

:* Marie Skłodowska–Curie (1867–1934), Polish chemist and physicist, two-time Nobel Prize winner, Pierre's wife

:* Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Pierre and Marie's daughter

:* Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958), French physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Irène's husband

:*Ève Curie (1904–2007), French-American journalist and pianist, Pierre and Marie's daughter

:*Henry Richardson Labouisse (1904–1987), American diplomat and director of UNICEF, Ève's husband

  • Parvine Curie (born 1936) French and Iranian sculptor

Things and ideas named after the Curie family

Scientific concepts, inventions and discoveries

  • Curie (unit) (Ci), unit of radioactivity
  • Curie (lunar crater)
  • Curie (Martian crater)
  • Curie (rocket engine), a liquid-propellant engine designed by Rocket Lab
  • Curie temperature, also known as the Curie point
  • Curie's law
  • Intel Curie, a sub-miniature x86/Quark-based platform for wearable applications
  • Curium, a synthetic chemical element with atomic number 96

Institutions

  • Curie Institute (Paris)
  • Curie Institute (Warsaw)
  • Curie Metropolitan High School, a secondary school in Chicago
  • Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris

Military vessels

  • French submarine Curie (Q 87), a French submarine in the First World War
  • French submarine Curie (P67), a French submarine in the Second World War

Technology

  • Curie (microarchitecture)

CURIE

  • CURIE, a syntax for Compact URIs

See also

  • Currie (disambiguation)
  • Curry (disambiguation)
  • Cury, a civil parish and village in southwest Cornwall, England