15-year-old Designs Low-Cost Device to Monitor Airborne Bacteria in the Environment; Wins $25,000 Top Award at the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Young innovators awarded more than $100,000 for research on dementia-related proteins, alternatives to agricultural plastics and wildfire prevention Key Takeaways:…
2026: The top five Thermo Fisher JIC winners pose onstage with their awards.
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I #Give2Science: Lara Maggs, Intel Science Talent Search 2009 Semifinalist
Society alumni Harry Paul, Eswar Anandapadmanaban, Kalia Firester, and Tiffany Sun were invited to present their research at the World Science Festival in New York.