Of the millions of young innovators who enter local science fairs around the globe each year, only a fraction make it to the world's largest pre-collegiate competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public. This year, 1,557 finalists from 51 countries, regions and territories were selected to meet in Atlanta, Georgia, to present original research projects to panels of esteemed judges and compete for nearly $4 million in scholarships and awards.
Of course, the prizes are motivating, but so too are the issues these young scientists and mathematicians probe: potential treatments and cures for medical diseases, ideas on alternative energy sources and ways to combat global warming, and a range of discoveries and inventions that may just improve the human experience for us all.
Take a look at some of the people and projects at
Intel ISEF 2008.
