Three women take top honors at Google’s first science fair
JUL 13, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025445
Los Angeles Times : Google has announced the winners of its first science fair—and all three are women. Lauren Hodge (13–14 age group) studied the effect of different marinades on the level of potentially harmful carcinogens in grilled chicken; Naomi Shah (15–16 age group) tried to prove that tweaking the environment indoors can improve air quality and reduce people’s reliance on asthma medications; and Shree Bose (17–18 age group) discovered a way to improve ovarian cancer treatment for patients who have built up a resistance to certain chemotherapy drugs. According to the judges, “The unifying elements of all three young women were their intellectual curiosity, their tenaciousness and their ambition to use science to find solutions to big problems.” Google has posted video of the event on its YouTube channel.
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