Science Fairs
A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer 'brains' that could make AI smarter and safer
Regeneron Science Talent Search's first-prize winner Achyuta Rajaram wants to improve machine learning to make it more efficient and safer.
A 13-year-old built a 'death ray' using a 2,000-year-old concept from Greek inventor Archimedes
A 13-year-old wanted to see whether Archimedes could have used mirrors to set Roman boats on fire, so he tested the concept for his school's science fair.
A high schooler's award-winning algorithm could help Elon Musk's company Neuralink and pave the way for neural implants that never need replacing
Brain implants have terrible battery lives. For a science fair project, a high school student created an algorithm that makes them last for decades.
A middle schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector
Shanya Gill, 12, invented a fire-detection system that works faster than the average smoke detector. She said she'd use her prize money to take her product to market.
A 16-year-old pocketed $50,000 for her award-winning discovery in the brains of people who died by suicide
Natasha Kulviwat is not your ordinary junior in high school. She's been analyzing human brains for the last year, and the research won her $50,000.
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This 16-year-old student invented a bulletproof backpack and is now a finalist at the world's largest high school science fair
"I can't vote, but I can engineer," said Ava Cotroneo, a finalist at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair being held in Texas.
A Mexican boy invented a bullet-proof backpack for his science fair
11-year-old Juan David Hernandez has created a “bulletproof backpack” that he says can protect kids against “everyday shootings in his city.”
Watch President Obama nerd out at a futuristic science fair
Nerd in Chief.
This 12-year-old is trying to solve one of the biggest problems with taking new medications
Seventh grader Sofia Tomov is building algorithms to help doctors prescribe the right medications to patients.
North Korea’s student science fair sure has a lot of weapons
Baking soda volcanoes have nothing on all these missiles.
The world's largest gathering of inventors shows that anyone can make magic
The world is filled with magical inventions — go inside maybe the largest gathering of makers in the world
These high-tech classes are the coolest thing happening in schools today
Meet the remarkable kids bringing back shop class with a vengeance, using 21st century tech to invent their own futures
12 photos of Obama discovering his inner child at the White House science fair
President Barack Obama has hosted the annual White House Science Fair every year since 2010.
Obama just nailed it on why science is so important
VIDEO: Science rules.
A 17-year-old just won $150,000 for her ingenious method of cleaning polluted streams
It only costs $3 to make.
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This 14-year-old was just named 'America's Top Young Scientist' for her invention that pulls power from the ocean
Hannah Herbst was inspired by her Ethiopian pen pal.
This 13-year-old found the math formula for capturing the sun's energy
VIDEO: You're never too young to have an impact.
This 14-Year-Old Just Won $25,000 For Studying Sewing
Science pays.
Teenage Girl Uses Brain Waves To Detect Deadly Drowsy Driving
A Broadcom MASTERS finalist.