*Congratulations To Kevin Ellis: *And to Amy Chyao and Yale Fan.
(Kevin Ellis got first billing because he's from Vancouver,
Washington.) For their wins in the Intel International Science And
Engineering Fair <http://www.intel.com/education/isef/>.
Here's what Chyao
<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/05/14/teen-curiosity-converted-to-cash-at-intel-sponsored-science-fair/>
did:
She worked on a concept to extend the usefulness of a promising
treatment for cancer. The approach is called photodynamic therapy,
or PDT, which uses light energy to activate a drug called a
photosensitizer that produces a form of oxygen that kills nearby
cells. The treatment can be used to narrowly target cancer cells,
with fewer adverse effects on others, Chyao says. The problem is,
since PDT requires light it has been confined to use with skin
cancers, she says.
Chyao says she tried to extend the concept using energy that can
penetrate the skin, such as near-infrared light, in hopes of
attacking other forms of cancer. Her goal was to develop a
photosensitizer that would be activated when exposed to such forms
of energy. She says she couldn't actually experiment on living
tissue, but was able to demonstrate the toxic effect of her
photosensitizer (which included esoteric materials such as quantum
dots).
And, here's what Ellis and Fan
<http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2010/05/two_catlin_gable_students_bring_home_top_intel_international_science_awards.html>
did:
Both teens created projects around computers. Ellis developed a
method to automatically speed up computer programs by analyzing the
programs while they are running so that work could be divided across
multiple microprocessors.
Fan's project demonstrated the advantages of quantum computing in
performing difficult computations.
(I'd like more details on the projects, but these were the best
descriptions I found in a very quick search.)
Cross posted at Sound Politics <http://www.soundpolitics.com>.
- 5:10 PM, 16 May 2010 [link]
<http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/May2010_2.html#jrm8723>
Got this from Jim Miller on Politics
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