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☆ A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer 'brains' that could make AI smarter and safer
  + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewAchyuta Rajaram won this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search $250,000 top prize for his work on making machine learning more efficient and safer. Beating out 2,000 competitorsParticipation in Regeneron Science Talent Search has grown and shrunk over the years, reaching its peak in the late 1960s during the Apollo missions. Achyuta Rajaram said he was shocked to take home the top prize at the Regeneron Science Talent Search. AdvertisementRajaram plans to continue studying computer science at MIT in the fall. His advice to anyone who wants to apply for the Regeneron Science Talent Search is to "be really, really curious about everything."
Persons: —, Achyuta Rajaram, Rajaram, Maya Ajmera, Ajmera, Chris Ayers, McArthur Organizations: Service, Society for Science, Business, Phillips Exeter Academy, Apollo, McArthur Fellows, MIT, Regeneron
☆ A middle-schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector
  + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The device works quicker than the average smoke detector by using a thermal camera. "That was really moving for my family because it was something that we had never really experienced before," Gill told Insider. It inspired her to create a fire-detection device that could identify fires faster than an average smoke detector and send a text to users to alert them of a fire. Ajmera told Insider the 30 finalists were judged on two factors: the projects themselves and a series of surprise challenges they completed in pre-assigned teams. "During the challenges and throughout the competition, what we understand is she exhibited leadership, collaboration, she exhibited grace, and critical thinking skills," Ajmera told Insider.
Persons: Shanya Gill, Gill, —, She's, Ajmera, Society for Science Gill, that's Organizations: Service, Fisher Scientific, Society for Science, Competition
☆ A 16-year-old pocketed $50,000 for her award-winning discovery in the brains of people who died by suicide
  + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
She researches the brains of people who died by suicide to identify biomarkers. Identifying biomarkers of suicide in the human brainKulviwat found differences in the brains of 10 people who died by suicide compared to the control group: 10 people who died of other causes. The brains of those who died by suicide, which were donated for study by their next of kin, contained higher numbers of inflammatory cytokines. Though treatments for suicidal behavior exist, including psychotherapy and medications, suicide rates have mostly increased over the last 20 years. Hearing different perspectives and questioning why suicide research isn't progressing as much as other fields — like cancer or infectious diseases — inspired her research, she said.
Persons: Natasha Kulviwat, —, Gordon E, Moore, Natasha, it's, Kulviwat, she's, Dr, David Feifel, Feifel, What's, I'm Organizations: Regeneron, Science, Engineering, Service, Columbia University, Society for Science, Centers for Disease Control, University of California, Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute —, National Institute of Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Locations: claudin, University of California San Diego
☆ This 16-year-old student invented a bulletproof backpack and is now a finalist at the world's largest high school science fair
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Peter Gelling | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The world's largest high school science fair starts Sunday in Dallas, Texas. At the world's largest science fair, which starts Sunday in Dallas, there are projects centered on clean energy, climate change, artificial intelligence — and school shootings. Both teenagers grew up in places affected by school shootings – and both said the threat feels ever-present. 'Armadillo Skin': the Bulletproof backpack insert16-year-old Ava Cotroneo with her bulletproof backpack she hopes can protect children during school shootings. Finalists at the international science fair often go on to patent their products or set up companies.
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