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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Anaiah Thomas, STS 2020 finalist
Society alumni from left to right: Twila Moon, Sheel Tyle, Kashfia Rahman, Brian Wu and Deepika Kurup.
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Two of Samuel's students with bat monitoring equipment on their school’s roof.

Getting batty about STEM

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Pablo, ICFJ fellow, with Macon Morehouse, News Director at Science News
A group of Jeremy's students set up rodent traps.
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Sumathi and Simon, now and then.
Vince Joralemon (second from right) is a science and math teacher at Frank McCourt High School in New York City.
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The top 10 winners of the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019.