teens take home science gold at intel isef

PHOENIX —
I hate driving your car when you can be a passenger
One day, its inventor, a 19-year-
Romanian computer scientist, number oneand $75,000 —
This week at the world\'s top high school research competition.
Ionut budistechi, student of Liceul Tehnologic Oltchim, Valcea, Ramnicu, Romania, is the big winner of 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Expo or Intel ISEF
He was one of three young researchers, each of whom received a prize worth more than $50,000.
The published Association of Science and the public created the fair in 1950 and is still running. More than one-
Of the roughly 1,600 Intel ISEF finalists, the third won a total of over $4 million in May 17.
The annual science competition has attracted the most talented young scientists in the world.
This year\'s shortlisted works were selected from the winners of science fairs in more than 70 countries, regions and regions.
Nearly 30% of finalists either have a patent on their work or intend to apply for a patent.
\"This competition encourages millions of students around the world to explore their passion for mathematics and science every year, while developing solutions for global challenges,\" said Wendy Hawkins, executive director of the Intel Foundation . \".
The $75,000 cash prize for the competition was named after Gordon E.
Moore, co-founder of Intel.
Budisteanu won the award because he designed a lowcost, self-
Navigation vehicles.
The car can reduce fatal car accidents, 90% of which are caused by human error.
The design of teenagers depends on the Internet
A linkage camera or webcam used to detect large objects such as people, other cars and trees. An onboard 3-
The lidar measures the distance to these objects.
The software uses this information to adjust the speed of the vehicle.
On-board software can also identify road signs, lanes and curb stones.
The software adds any newly encountered features to the database, which can be used by all cars connected to the Internet.
Two other young researchers won the Intel Foundation Young Scientists Award of $50,000.
Eesha Khare, 18, is from Saratoga, California.
, Pick up a device for the design and manufacture of a super capacitor, a device for storing electrical energy.
The single electrode in the Khare unit has the core of hydrogen
The nano structure of titanium dioxide.
Around the core is a flexible plastic polymer.
Her novelty device charges quickly.
It can also store almost three times as much power as the previous capacitor.
Unlike previous capacitors, it stores energy in a small volume, equivalent to the volume of the battery.
Her new device also charges much longer than the battery.
Another $50,000 prize was awarded to Henry Wanjun Lin, 17, Los Angeles.
Used to simulate the behavior of distant galaxies.
Galaxies are huge collections of stars bound by gravity and moving in one unit, usually in the form of clusters.
Lin compared his mathematical prediction of galaxy clusters with what astronomers observed with telescopes.
He found that scientists are more likely to find a special type of cluster: a cluster with a lower temperature of galaxies --than-
The usual temperature at their core.
But overall, the teenager confirmed that the way astronomers investigate clusters of galaxies is effective.
17 students were awarded the \"best category\" award worth $5,000.
Budisteanu\'s project won the highest honor in the computer science project, Khare conquered the chemical category, Lin won a day in the physical field --and-Astronomical Group. Other first-
Venue category winners include: Michael Shaw, 16, Northville, Michigan.
He won the prize for showing the worm\'s reaction to cold temperatures.
Worms have a simple nervous system that is often used as a model of the human nervous system.
Shao studied worms at temperatures ranging from 4 to 20 degrees Celsius.
His findings can help scientists design better treatments to withstand the cold.
Bachelor of behavioral and social sciences, Zarin Rahman, 16, Brookings InstitutionD.
She shows that stressful experiences such as too little sleep or too much TV watching can damage the mood and memory of teenagers.
In Earth and Planetary Science, the 16-year-old Tanaka of Mahara, Japan.
He dug small shells from several layers of soil at a site in southeast Tokyo.
His goal: to understand the environment 300,000 years ago.
He found the area part of the Pacific Ocean.
He reported that the water depth was between 10 and 30 metres.
Liu Zeyu, 17, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, works in electrical and mechanical engineering.
He designed a device to minimize friction in systems used to store energy in large rotating wheels.
The device uses several types of magnets to lift the wheel and float it in a stable position.
Naomi Shah, 17, Portland, Oregon, is in the field of environmental science.
She created an air filter that includes natural materials such as peat, covering and living plants.
During the test, the filter reduced some harmful chemicals in the indoor air by 24%.
Her filter also reduced the number of small contaminated particles in the air by 18%.
Indoor air pollution kills nearly 2 million people worldwide every year, she says.
In Math Science, 17-year-old Vinay Iyengar from Portland, Oregon.
He has developed new technologies to effectively create passwords.
He showed that the new method works better than the current code. making schemes.
But he warned that the same technology would break the code.
In medicine and health, Jesse mcculpa, 17, Woodstock, Canada.
She has proved that eating mustard oil (a simple edible oil) can help slow the spread of malaria.
In her test, oil intake slowed the growth of malaria-transmitting parasites by 94%.
The cost of the amount of oil a person needs to spend every day is about 1-
As many anti-malaria drugs are currently used.
18-year-old David Zimmerman in Los Angeles, California, in Microbiology
He studied a microbial that is often used in batteries. Like a fuel cell.
So far, it has been difficult to genetically change microorganisms to make them more useful.
But this child has a way.
Scientists can use his technology to change gene passwords in other difficult situations. to-
He suggested modifying microorganisms.
A biochemistry major in Savannah Tobin, 18, Salem, Oregon.
She has found a way to measure specific chemicals in cat saliva that can lead to allergies.
Unlike previous tests that required the vet to take blood samples, her tests were cheap and fast.
In terms of cell and molecular biology, Hannah westker, 17, from Pa Palmira.
She has developed a promising treatment for melanoma, a particularly deadly cancer.
This therapy kills a large percentage of cancer cells but has no effect on most healthy cells.
In terms of materials and bioengineering, Samantha Marquez, 17, from Va Midlothian.
She uses bacteria and algae to create hollow cell shells.
These live capsules can be injected into the patient\'s body to deliver the drug, she said.
They can also be used as miniature containers for various laboratory tests.
In the field of energy and transportation, 16-year-old Evie soubzac
Peterborough, Florida
She found a way to grow algae and then decompose the algae and extract the oil of the algae that can be used as fuel.
Her technology has increased oil production by 20% compared to existing methods.
This may help make biofuels more economical, she said.
In terms of environmental management, Lee Shixuan, 15, from Lynn Haven, Florida.
He created an effective way to extract antioxidants from shrimp shells.
1 kg of the substance, the shrimp astaxanthin, costs about $6,000.
The shells he used were usually thrown away as waste.
In terms of plant science, Samantha DiSalvo, Ryan Kenny and Amy weita from Hewlett, New York, USAY.
They explore how plants deal with bacterial infections and sometimes resist them.
The students said the processes had never been studied in detail at the molecular level before.
In addition to their \"best category\" Awards, Tobin, Wastyk and Zimmerman also received Dudley R.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences International Symposium on Youth Science Award.
The Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Herschbach, is the former president of the Association of Science and the public.
The award also includes a visit to Sweden in December, where teenagers will attend the Nobel Prize ceremony.
Lee, Marquez, and sobushak also got one, respectively. the-
Visit NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
During the visit, they will also visit scientists at the California Institute of Technology to discuss their Intel ISEF research project.
Kenny, Di Savo and Vita will also attend the London International Youth Science Forum this summer. The annual two-
300 young scientists from more than 50 countries participated in the week program. Second-through fourth-
Winners from each of the 17 categories received a cash reward of up to $1,500.
Other awards for the Intel ISEF competition include university scholarships, medals and paid summer internships.
\"As the scale of this competition grows, students who have not participated in such competitions before can realize that independent research is possible and rewarding,\" Elizabeth Marie, president of the Association of Science and Public