14-year-old combines origami and physics to engineer foldable structures for disaster relief shelters; Wins $25,000 top award at Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Young innovators recognized with $100K for STEM research advancing science and tackling global challenges Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for…
The winners of the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
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Two photos, side by side. Chris Mucha smiling in front of a green background (left) and Chris standing in front of his project board as an ISEF finalist in 1995
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew and Afton Vechery join the Society for Science's Board of Trustees
A group of young girls sit on a dock and watch a dolphin swim by.
Broadcom MASTERS finalists reviewed x-rays during the JASON learning challenge
Planet Earth in space. North and South Americas are pictured.
Regeneron ISEF 2022 will be held May 8-13 in Atlanta, GA.
ISEF finalists from New Mexico posed in front of an ISEF banner
Maya Ajmera, Gayle Wilson and two other women hold a discussion in front of a crowd.
Dallas, Texas skyline over the arts district
Elizabeth Bieri smiling and holding a lizard
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2022 Science Talent Search finalists pose with an If/Then statue of an STS alumna.