Keshvee Sekhda and Nyambura Sallinen won the top prize at this year's Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair with their app that uses AI to detect cancerous tumors with a 99.6% accuracy.
Madalena Filipe and Frederico Mauritty won second place with their HidroQapa: Waterproof Bioplastic Made From Chitosan Extracted From Shrimp Shell Waste, and Carolina de Araujo Pereira da Silva won third with her Rock the Metals! Investigating as a Trigger of Malignancy and Metal Transporters as Targets in Cancer Treatment Research, studying how metals and their transporters affect cancer cell behavior for novel therapeutic cancer treatments, per a press release.
The high school scientists were among more than 1,600 students from around the world who were selected from more than 1,600 participants to compete for nearly $10,000 in grants.
"These future STEM leaders demonstrated innovative research, creative solutions, and novel approaches to complex problems that will directly impact cures for cancer, sustainable business practices, and industry norms," Kristin Dasaro, director of package engineering and sustainability at Mary Kay, said in the press release.
(Last year's winners were among the youngest ever.) Read the Entire Article
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