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High Schooler Is Awarded $100,000 For Research

Posted by Zonk on from the never-too-early-to-be-a-girl-genius dept.

wired_LAIN writes "A teenager from Oklahoma was awarded $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search competition for building an inexpensive and accurate spectrograph that can identify the specific characteristics of different kinds of molecules. While normal spectrographs can cost between $20,000 and $100,000 to build, her spectrograph cost less than $500. The 40 finalists' projects were judged by a panel of 12 scientists, all well established in their respective fields. Among the judges were Vera Rubin, who proved Dark Matter, and Andrew Yeager, one of the pioneers of stem cell research."

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  1. Dollar dollars by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The summary is incorrect. The actual cost, as stated in the article, is less than $1000, which is a bit more than $500.
    Actually, the summery said, "her spectrograph cost less than $500 dollars". Have you any idea how much a 500-dollar dollar is worth? Her spectrograph costs less than at least two of them!
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  2. Re:This nation... by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can practically hear the shipping containers being filled in Beijing with $199 combination laser pointer/spectrographs as we speak!

    I have to remember to pick one up at Costco when we go next week.