A family hike sparked an idea that has since taken 13-year-old Advaith Atulasimha into the world of engineering. Worried about how someone could be found after getting lost in an area without mobile phone reception, he began exploring a way to power a tracking device without relying on a conventional battery. With guidance from his…
Buffalo Mountain’s new conservation area offers scenic landscapes, protected forests and outdoor experiences near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Blacksburg. There are landscapes that become part of a place’s identity long before they receive an official designation. Buffalo Mountain, with its rounded summit, expansive views and deep Appalachian forests, has long been one of Southwest…
Students at a California high school developed a cooling device designed to help firefighters and agricultural workers cope with hot working conditions. The students filed a patent application for their invention and went on to present it beyond the classroom, including at the California State Capitol.The team from Calistoga Junior/Senior High School began the project…
Illaria Liedtke, a 17-year-old from Rye, New York, has developed a way to influence brain cells using magnets rather than implanted devices. She received the $10,000 H. Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research for the work. Her project targeted astrocytes, brain cells whose calcium signalling can be disrupted in nervous system diseases. According to Society…
Gunisha Kaur won third place at the 2026 International Young Eco-Hero Awards for her initiative, Buzzing Blooms. At a time when urban green spaces are increasingly important for biodiversity, 16-year-old Gunisha Kaur from Ludhiana, Punjab, is working to create gardens that serve two purposes: providing habitats for pollinators and making nature more accessible to children…
PC: Exploravision listing Cracks in concrete bridges and buildings often go unnoticed until they become serious, according to the team behind ReACT-SHM, a project from Jericho High School in New York. Reyansh Raut, Richard Nie, Jay Patel and Rayan Hasan placed second with the concept. They state that current monitoring systems are inefficient at detecting…
An almost complete fossil unearthed in China reveals a 150-million-year-old bird that weighed around 800 grams. For millions of years, the evolution of flight has been the story of birds. But a remarkable fossil from southeastern China suggests some of the earliest birds may have preferred to keep their feet on the ground. The new…
In Egypt’s Behbeit El Hagar, located in Gharbia province, a farmer truly dug deep. While tilling the land in front of his home, the man discovered a royal statue of Ramases II, the pharaoh who allegedly challenged Moses in the Bible. According to a report by the New York Post, the farmer flagged the local…
Doshi studied aragonite’s impact on algae growth and CO₂ removal, using computational modelling to determine the optimal dose for effectiveness. At 13, Raji Doshi is already thinking about a problem that scientists around the world are racing to solve: what happens when the oceans absorb too much carbon dioxide? The Connecticut student has developed a…
Gabriella hopes the technology could make vegetables taste like meat (AI-enhanced photo: Instagram/Incubate Debate) A sandwich Gabriella Rothberg was making for her father when she was 15 led to an unusual question- Could a tomato be made to taste like meat? Two years later, the 17-year-old student from Miami is listed as a co-inventor on…
