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When one question leads to another

By Susan Gaidos / April 7, 2013

Student Erika DeBenedictis spent years studying the so-called interplanetary superhighway. Her persistence paid off: In 2010, Erika placed first in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research. Credit: Martin Lo, Caltech

Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end

Posted in Teaching Science, Young Scientists | Tagged American Sign Language, animal behavior, Anirudh Jain, antibiotic, audio speakers, bacteria, biocide, Brazil nut effect, Broadcom MASTERS, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, drinking water, Elizabeth Baker, Erika DeBenedictis, feature, gibbon, gorilla, Harvard, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Intel STS, ISEF, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Sheppard, JPL, Kartik Sameer Madiraju, Koko, lagrange points, low frequency sound, McGill University, Meredith MacGregor, microbial fuel cells, nano silver, nanoparticles, Nanosilver, nanotechnology, NASA, nuclear fusion, observational study, science fair, Science project, scientific method, silver, space navigation, spacecraft, topstories, University of North Carolina

Science champs

By Helen Fields / November 4, 2012

Raymond Gilmartin (at white board) took home the top prize at this year’s Broadcom MASTERS for his project investigating car spoilers. Credit: SSP

Young scientists focus their research on real-world problems

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged acoustics, Anna Lou, antenna, bait, Bill Wallace, Blokus, Broadcom MASTERS, David Li, feature, fuel efficiency, Georgetown Day School, groundwater, Jessika Baral, LED, light emitting diodes, Marconi/Samueli award, Maria Elena Grimmett, middle school, optics, Paige Gentry, parabola, peripheral vision, rabies, Raymond Gilmartin, sails, science competition, science fair, spoiler, Stephanie Lemnios, tannins, topstories, vaccines, vision, water pollution, Will Monts, wireless

Pathways to research: Connecting with scientists

By Daniel Strain / August 2, 2012

That’s no hairnet: Emily Prentiss and brain scientist John Butler practice attaching special probes to the head of a fellow researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. These probes record the brain’s electric pulses and helped Prentiss study how the organ reacts to sudden changes in the environment. The young student was able to complete the project with Butler’s guidance. Credit: Courtesy of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Budding researchers get ahead by spending their free time working side by side with real scientists

Posted in Teaching Science, Young Scientists | Tagged barefoot running, Brooke Ellison, Claire Leibowicz, Emily Prentiss, Evan Olin, feature, featured, Gregory Gutierrez, Intel Science Talent Search, John Butler, Lilly Mujica-Parodi, Matthew McIntyre, Miriam Rafailovich, Paul Roepe, science fair, Science project, science projects, Science research, topstories, Wendy Hawkins

Walking on water

By Stephen Ornes / July 30, 2012

his cornstarch and water goo looks like a liquid, but put your hand on the surface and pull up, like a researcher here, and the goo sticks and rises with your hand (before gravity takes over and it drops). That's because in motion, this goo becomes thick and heavy like a solid. Credit: University of Chicago

Scientists explain why a liquid can sometimes act like a solid

Posted in Physics | Tagged classification of matter, colloid, fluids, getinvolved, Heinrich M. Jaeger, liquids, matter, non-Newtonian, Phases, physics, science fair, Scott Waitukaitis, solids, solutions/intermolecular forces, states of matter, topstories, University of Chicago, water

Helmet helper

By Sid Perkins / May 15, 2012

The Skid Lid Helmet Helper, a cap-like liner (far right) made of 1-centimeter-thick strips filled with a gel-like material, may absorb as much as 97 percent of the energy of an impact, Longcroft’s tests suggest.

Gel-filled liner absorbs energy of impacts, may reduce sports-related head injuries

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged bike helmet, biking, Claire Longcroft, concussions, getinvolved, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel ISEF, science fair, Skid Lid Helmet Helper

Competing with math

By Daniel Strain / April 18, 2012

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Five high schoolers are the new faces of mathematics

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged Adam Kalinich, Anirudh Prabhu, Cherednik algebras, David Ding, feature, graph theory, high school, Intel Science Talent Search, Intel STS, intelsts, math, Nim, perfect numbers, rotor-router, science fair, Sitan Chen, Xiaoyu He