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
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Rebecca Cho, 17, of Jericho, New York, received the H. Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research of $10,000

Five Questions with Rebecca Cho, winner of the 2022 $10,000 H. Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research

From left to right: Varun Madan, Saan Cern Yong, Sheng Ze Yeoh and Sharon Snyder in Leiden, Netherlands for the 2022 EUCYS

Experiencing STEM and Stroopwafels at EUCYS

Sponsor Spotlight: Steve Lank, CEO of Cesco Linguistic Services

Regeneron STS 2023 Finalists Ishika Nag (left) and Vivian Wu (right) share a love of animals.

These Regeneron STS finalists share a love for animals

Anika Puri, 17, of Chappaqua, New York, received the Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication of $10,000 - ISEF 2022

Five Questions with Anika Puri, winner of the $10,000 Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication at ISEF 2022

Regeneron STS finalists meet pioneering scientists at Janelia Research Campus

Five Questions with Robert Sansone, winner of the 2022 $75,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award

Five Questions with Rory Hu, winner of the $10,000 DoD STEM Talent Award

Photo from a 2023 NY Times STEM Writing Contest winner

Science News and The New York Times announce 10 winners of the 4th Annual STEM Writing Contest

2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists met with government officials at Capitol Hill.

Regeneron STS finalists learn about the intersection of STEM and Government on Capitol Hill

Society for Science welcomes three new board members, (from left to right) Raj Chetty, Ph.D., Tom Leighton, Ph.D., Alan Leshner, Ph.D.

Three new members to join Society for Science Honorary Board

Thomas Aldous, the winner of the Society for Science Samueli Foundation Prize

Five Questions with Thomas Aldous, winner of the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize

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