17-year-old Connecticut student found 2 FDA-approved drugs that could help fight Alzheimer’s: How his surprising discovery worksA 17-year-old Connecticut student, Leon Wang, identified two FDA-approved lung-scarring drugs that reduced Alzheimer’s-linked cellular dama...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
An 18-year-old wanted to make advanced robotics cheaper so he built a high-precision sensor that costs less than $25; similar devices can cost hundreds or thousandsIn a remarkable feat of innovation, eighteen-year-old Frank Lucci has crafted SubArc, a groundbreaking rotary sensor for robotics that reta...
26 Aug, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
18-year-old California student Colin Jie Chu built a model to predict EV battery health with 2.36% error. His research wins top US science award18-year-old California student Colin Jie Chu developed a model to predict the health and lifespan of electric vehicle batteries, achieving ...
24 Aug, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Gangwal commits Rs 300 cr more to IIT Kanpur medical sciences schoolRakesh Gangwal has committed an additional Rs 300 crore to IIT Kanpur's medical school. This significant funding follows his previous Rs 10...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal pledges Rs 300 crore more to IIT KanpurIIT Kanpur alumnus and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has pledged an additionalRs 300 croreto the institute’s Gangwal School of Medical S...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Software engineering intern rejected over bizarre resume filename: X users debate brutal HR decisionA candidate for a software engineering position was turned down due to an oddly named resume file, "resume_final_FINAL_final2.pdf." This pe...
24 Aug, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
17-year-old Texas student Iris Shen wins $150,000 for testing potential cancer drugs in clams, in research that could open a new path for blood cancer drug discovery17-year-old Texas student Iris Shen won $150,000 and third place at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for testing potential cancer d...
23 Aug, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
17-year-old Pennsylvania student develops promising pancreatic cancer test that correctly detects 87% of cases and rules out disease in 87.5% of peopleA 17-year-old student from Pennsylvania has developed a promising blood-based method for detecting pancreatic cancer by using magnetic nano...
23 Aug, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
From science fair to strategic showcase: a decade of China's robot gamesChina's robot games have transformed from academic contests to national showcases. These competitions now highlight commercial product deve...
22 Aug, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
17-year-old New Jersey high schooler Edward Kang built an AI tool that reads the retina for autism and ADHD screening and won $175,000 for his groundbreaking researchNew Jersey high schooler Edward Kang, 17, developed RetinaMind, an AI tool that analyzes retinal images to identify patterns linked to auti...
21 Aug, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
18-year-old California student Seth Jacob Nabat wins $40,000 in prestigious Regeneron science competition for machine-learning program that could help physicists better understand particle collisionsEighteen-year-old California student Seth Jacob Nabat has won $40,000 after placing 10th in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search. His i...
20 Aug, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
18-year-old California student Jonathan Yan studied 479 human cancer cell lines and found that blocking the transsulfuration pathway stopped cancer cells from spreadingAn eighteen-year-old student has identified a biological pathway crucial for cancer metastasis. Jonathan Yan's research found the transsulf...
20 Aug, 2026, 07.33 PM IST
18-year-old Colorado student Natalie Muro invents wave-powered device that fights toxic algal blooms using invasive weedA brilliant eighteen-year-old student developed a groundbreaking floating device designed to tackle toxic algal blooms. Utilizing wind-driv...
19 Aug, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
This 16-year-old Canadian student built an autonomous AI-powered robot turtle that can detect tiny microplastics in waterThis 16-year-old built an autonomous AI-powered robot turtle that detects microplastics in water. The Canadian student created the turtle-i...
18 Aug, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
18-year-old Texas student Ananya Gulur Nagendra builts an ant-powered food waste digester; it achieved 83% efficiencyAnanya Gulur Nagendra has created an ant-inspired system for managing food waste, achieving an impressive eighty-three percent efficiency i...
17 Aug, 2026, 07.29 PM IST
10th-grade student turns coconut husk into a natural filter that can remove microplastics from seawaterA 10th-grade student in Hawaii began with a project to filter polluted seawater using coconut husks. Her research later found naturally occ...
17 Aug, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
17-year-old Pennsylvania student Connor Hill wins $250,000 after computer algorithm solves decades-old geometry puzzle, identifying exactly 146 rare 3D shapesConnor Hill, a 17-year-old from Pennsylvania, has won the top $250,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search after using a cust...
16 Aug, 2026, 08.16 PM IST