Meet Ashka Shah, the 17-year-old New York student who studied how a cancer-driving protein enters the cell nucleus and found a way to block its harmful signalling while preserving its normal function
Ashka Shah (Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY) A 17-year-old student from New York has developed a targeted method to stop cancer cells from growing, earning national recognition for tackling one of the biggest challenges in cancer research. Ashka…
Meet Alyssa Yu, the 17-year-old Maryland student who built a mathematical model for what happens when 2 interacting infections spread at once and how vaccination could target the resulting hot spots
Alyssa Yu (Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD) A 17-year-old student from Maryland has developed a new mathematical framework to predict how multiple infectious diseases interact and spread through connected populations at the same time. Alyssa Yu,…
Meet Hannah Joseph, the Ohio sophomore who pitched a nonprofit helping seniors use technology and won an AI leadership award
That initiative made her the first teenager ever considered for, and honored with, a Cincinnati AI Leadership Award. Hannah Joseph, a sophomore at Indian Hill High School in Ohio, has won the 2026 AI Next Generation Award after pitching her nonprofit,…
‘Must correct its tone’: Iran’s Pezeshkian warns US against ‘coercion and bullying’ in Munir meet
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Pakistan’s Army chief Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran (Picture credit: AP) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir that the United States must change its approach…
Meet Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student who found 2 FDA-approved drugs that reduced Alzheimer’s-linked damage in lab-grown brain cells
Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most difficult neurological disorders to treat, partly because the processes behind it can begin damaging brain cells long before…
Meet Dr. Robert Parry: Ohio pediatric surgeon draws cartoons on kids’ bandages after surgery, creating 10,000 moments of joy
Waking up after surgery can be an overwhelming experience for a child, with unfamiliar surroundings, medical equipment and a bandage covering a fresh wound. At Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio, paediatric surgeon Dr Robert Parry has found a simple way…
‘Did not meet launch conditions’: China’s unmanned moon mission delayed last minute
China has postponed the planned launch of its Chang’e-7 Moon mission, days after saying the launch site and equipment were in good condition. China has postponed the planned launch of its Chang’e-7 Moon mission, days after saying the launch…
Meet Jerry Xu, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built an AI program that turns protein structures into strings of numbers; he won $90,000
Jerry Xu’s AI model is designed to compare the structures of proteins and amino acids rapidly. The structure of proteins gives important clues to how these molecules function. (Images: istock and Society for Science) Imagine, what if a…
Meet the world’s highest-ranking penguin Sir Nils Olav III, set to become a father after partner lays egg; Edinburgh Zoo welcomes first king penguin egg in 17 years
A royal arrival! Sir Nils Olav III and Connie are preparing to become parents after laying Edinburgh Zoo’s first king penguin egg in 17 years. (Photo: SWNS) The world’s highest-ranking penguin, Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of Bouvet Island, is…
Meet Zeynep Demirbas, the New York eighth-grader who tested whether AI can recognise stress; a basic machine-learning model beat ChatGPT-4o
Zeynep’s work earned her a finalist place in the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Fourteen-year-old Zeynep Demirbas has found that ChatGPT-4o is less accurate than a mental health-focused AI model and a simpler…