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Radioactivity was discovered during 1896 by Henri Becquerel, who was a French scientist when he was working on phosphorescent materials. Other research was done by Becquerel, Ernest Rutherford, Paul Villard, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie, and others afterwards.

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