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

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The winners of the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
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Young inventor works to make needle pricking for diabetics obsolete

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Zoe Weissman, winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement

Five Questions with Zoe Weissman, winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement

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