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Broadcom MASTERS finalists reviewed x-rays during the JASON Learning challenge

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Research Teachers Conference 2021

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Broadcom MASTERS finalists studied biodiversity during the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) challenge

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2021 Broadcom MASTERS top winners

14-year-old mathematician discovers a new way to accelerate calculations and computing using ‘antiprime’ numbers; Wins $25,000 top award at the Broadcom MASTERS

STS alum, Dr. Eric Lander

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2021 Broadcom MASTERS finalists open their swag boxes

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Middle school students, Sophia Westbrook and Oluwakemi Morohunfola, received the Lemelson Early Inventor Prize

Two middle school students hope to power the world with organic waste

Five of the top 30 Broadcom MASTERS finalists

Meet this year’s top 30 Broadcom MASTERS finalists at a virtual project showcase

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