Teen Whiz Kids Bag $630,000 in Prizes at Intel Science Fair
stratos @ Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:39 am
http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/scienc ... air-n50211
DrCaleb @ Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:38 am
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Sounds good, but linkie no workie. . .
stratos @ Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:39 am
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science- ... air-n50211
Hope this one works.
DrCaleb @ Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:50 am
yup!
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A 17-year-old from California took home $100,000 in prize money as winner of the Intel Science Talent Search for his work on anti-flu drugs.
Eric Chen used computer models to pin down a potential class of drugs that would work by tripping up endonucleases, enzymes that viruses use to multiply.
Eric Chen used computer models to pin down a potential class of drugs that would work by tripping up endonucleases, enzymes that viruses use to multiply.
Nice! All I was doing at 17 was wrenching cars and hitting on the ladies! I couldn't even pronounce endo nuke . . . endonukelee . . . that word.