STEM

Meet Ankith Burki, the Indian-origin San Jose seventh-grader who used low-frequency sound to boost an atmospheric water generator’s output by 117% and reached a national STEM final

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Meet Ankith Burki, the Indian-origin San Jose seventh-grader who used low-frequency sound to boost an atmospheric water generator’s output by 117% and reached a national STEM final

Ankith BurkiPhoto: Society for Science For Ankith Burki, the global water crisis was not an abstract classroom topic but a challenge worth trying to solve. The seventh-grader from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose designed an atmospheric water generator that pulls moisture from humid air, then tested whether sound could make it more effective. … Read more

Meet Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, the Mechanicsburg eighth-grader who designed a controlled-release antacid and became one of 30 US finalists competing for more than $100,000 in STEM awards

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Meet Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, the Mechanicsburg eighth-grader who designed a controlled-release antacid and became one of 30 US finalists competing for more than $100,000 in STEM awards

Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, 8th Grade, Mountain View Middle School, Mechanicsburg, PA (Source: Society for Science) An eighth-grader from Pennsylvania has been named one of the top 30 middle school researchers in the United States after developing a new way to deliver medicines used to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, a … Read more

Port Houston donates $500,000 to 32 nonprofits, supporting workforce training, STEM education and community projects

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Port Houston donates $500,000 to 32 nonprofits, supporting workforce training, STEM education and community projects

Port Houston has awarded $500,000 in Community Grants to 32 organisations serving communities across the Houston Ship Channel region. The funding will support programmes ranging from workforce training and STEM education to healthcare access, food assistance, environmental projects and neighbourhood improvements. According to Port Houston press release distributed via Business Wire, the latest grant cycle … Read more