Jo·liot-Cu·rie 
(zhô-lyō′kyrē, -ky-rē, -kü-), Irène 1897-1956.
(zhô-lyō′kyrē, -ky-rē, -kü-), Irène 1897-1956. French physicist. She shared a 1935 Nobel Prize in chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), for synthesizing new radioactive elements.
Irène Joliot-Curie