12-year-old develops fire detection system; wins $25,000 top award at the inaugural Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Shanya Gill, 12, from San Jose, California; won the $25,000 Thermo Fisher Scientific ASCEND (Aspiring Scientists Cultivating Exciting New Discoveries) Award, the top prize in the competition.
2023 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2023 Top Award Winners
Courtesy of Lisa Fryklund/Society for Science

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