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Photo: APThe 40 finalists in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search met with President Obama at the White House on March 15 Share ThisDiggYahoo! BuzzFacebookdel.icio.usStumbleUponTO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary
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The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the United States. The forty finalists were honored in Washington last week. They met with scientists and politicians. President Obama welcomed them to the White House.
These forty students were selected from almost two thousand contestants nationwide. They had to present original research to be judged by professional scientists. The students showed their research projects on large posters. The winners were announced March fifteenth.
Wendy Hawkins is executive director of the Intel Foundation. She says the forty finalists represented excellence across many areas of science.
WENDY HAWKINS: “These students bring work that is ready for publication and in many cases has already been published in pretty much any branch of science that you can think of: physics, electrical engineering. And the projects are deep and rich and insightful.”
Selena Li is from Fair Oaks, California. She wanted to find a more effective treatment for liver cancer. She began her research four years ago. A scientist at the University of California, Davis, taught her how to design and do experimental work in the laboratory.
SELINA LI: "I researched a new approach to targeting liver cancer by basically starving the liver cancer cells to death, while leaving the normal cells unaffected. And, to go one step further, I blocked a survival pathway to make the treatment more effective."
Ms. Li placed fifth in the Intel Science Talent Search and was awarded thirty thousand dollars.
Scott Boisvert lives near Phoenix, Arizona. He began using a laboratory at the University of Arizona at the age of fourteen. Over four years, he completed a project studying a fungus linked to the decrease in amphibians around the world.
He was trying to find out if different chemicals and substances in the water could kill the fungus. He collected and tested water samples across Arizona.
SCOTT BOISVERT: "My results were able to identify a list of chemicals that were significant in the growth and in the movement of the fungus."
He placed tenth in the Intel competition and was awarded twenty thousand dollars.
Evan O'Dorney of Danville, California, won the top award of one hundred thousand dollars in this year's Intel Science Talent Search. For his mathematical project, he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer, a number with no fractional parts.
Wendy Hawkins at the Intel Foundation says these young people represent the next generation of scientists who will help shape America's future.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report. Visit the all-new mobile version of our website where you can read and listen to Special English programs and watch captioned videos. From your phone or other device, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Christopher Cruise.
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Contributing: Rosanne Skirble
Listen? Email? Print? Comments?Comments (54)24-03-2011Alan C. B(Brazil)I'm a Mechanical engineer and Ihave worked to get the Master's degree also in Mechanical engineering in Brazil and in my opinion this acknoledgement is the thing that makes all of the people who dedicate a great amout of their lives making research keeping doing it. A very good attitude. to acknoledge all the effor of these people.
24-03-2011hopefulstar(VN)Those 40 students are extremely excellent.Thank you VOA so much to bring some their interesting research.I really want to know more.
24-03-2011Rondhi(Indonesea)Congratulation for Evan O'Dorney that find out the square root of an integer. In the matematic the number called imaginer and no one can explain it. it is usefull for mathematics scientest.
24-03-2011H?ng H?nh(Vietnam)They are doing a great jobs! They are young and have ability. They will success. They will help shape American's future and our future. I can't imagine Ali was only 13 years old when she began that study. I feel I am a small person.........
24-03-2011sayedahmad sameh(Afghanistan)tha is so beautiful information thanks so much
24-03-2011drac(China)math is the meta-science of all the science, meanwhile biology appears to be the next giant star on our earth. let's together make an extra effort towards it.
24-03-2011H??ng Còi(Vi?t Nam)That's great with these young - coming - scientists! Get award from Intel Science Talent Search must not be easy for candidates because two thousand candidates took part it. These winers have practised in Lab or site 4 to 5 years to find exploring and new knowledges to support society's acctivities...This article taught me one thing: try on more and more wether or not difficults in the path and good fruition is waiting ahead...
24-03-2011baigalmaa(Mongolia)Wow, such a challenged gifted creatures.
24-03-2011Joruji(Japan)I was surprised when I read this article because the research themes are very advanced for high school students. Also, I'm happy that at least fourteen winners are descendants of Asian immigrants.
24-03-2011sam(china)they are really talents
24-03-2011Mali(Thailand)In the future,These forty students will be professional scientists.
24-03-2011Aliyu Kinkilo Shabu(Nasarawa State, Nigeria)Very good students, remember undoubtedly, you are the leaders of tomorrow. So, put more efforts and always be braved. Ones again, congratulations! for your graduation's celebration.
24-03-2011sam(china)i hope china will have more talents instead of traditional education
24-03-2011C(Vietnam)the ceremony honoreing young scientists in US is very wonderful. it encouraged the ideas of science reasearchs when you are very young and very energetic, even you have more time for science researchs. the young scientists are the future of the worl.
24-03-2011(Russia)Thank you for this article!!! Your site is best!
24-03-2011hamada(egypt)Iwant to say very good for scientists
24-03-2011hamada(egypt)Iwant to say very good for scientists
24-03-2011aya(egypt)it is useful article
24-03-2011TinhNG(Vietnam)That's great, I like American education!
24-03-2011Chih Min Huang(Taiwan)I am amazing that these young people can complete those complicated projects and they can insist on their goals so many years. I exactly make sense why young people will be our hopes of future.
24-03-2011Jenny(China)How interesting this article!I think most of these scientists are advantage at each of fields and all of them are tenderminded. It's a marvellous case that some of them are yellow race and I'm very proud of them.Being these talent young scientists,the life of people around the world will be better improved ,I believe.
24-03-2011Emily(China)Smart guys.
24-03-2011Thank you for this article.It's very interesting.
24-03-2011Chamroeun(Cambodia)That is very initiative ideas that can push up the people's talents.
24-03-2011Alex Smirnov(Russia)It is a spirit of America to do the best. The further is the better. It's like I am.
24-03-2011Maki(Japan)It's amazing that not only those great researches were done by high school students, but also such a ton of monies were given. The amount the first winner got was equivalent to what some TV personalities might win in a competition. Ordinary people are barely able to get such a great deal. Let alone, it's hard to get it for me. In my country, high school students rarely get an award money because they're still minor and student.
24-03-2011Maki(Japan)In addition, it's fascinating that their projects are various. In my country, unless we go to technical college after junior high school, almost all students will go to a high school of a general course, where we just accept lectures passively. In my opinion, that might be a problem in education of Japan. We just learn without thinking.
25-03-2011ccs(bonjour Viet Nam)good education and good the encourged to develop the research science activitty.they so excellence as if they were real scientists.their research are problems very important and useful.i think they will become big scientists of america and world in future!
25-03-2011James Mo(China)Good job , everyone. I like the education news.
25-03-2011sun(china)I want to be one of them.
25-03-2011Karen Tseng(Taiwan)Just by looking at how professional these high-school scientists sound and act in the poster session, I believe our life can be better off. Thanks to the Intel Foundation, more students can seize this great opportunity to know what they are truly capable of.
25-03-2011Ammie(Thailand)Wow, i have no word to say. This is so incredible to believe all of these are students. So, congratulation for everyone.
25-03-2011Hoài Th??ng((Vi?t Nam))thank you. That good.
25-03-2011Thao Nguyen(Vietnam)I highly appreciate the America's professional education. Hope that the American goverment have made good educational training to all students (even students from other countries) and the younger gereration. Thank you!
25-03-2011Elthoubing(Israel)Congratulations .but like uncle Einstein said : Everything in the World is Relativity complex but life is simple Only God knows what happen Tomorrow
25-03-2011Andy(china)Every one win the honor spend a long time in their project. I wonder that why the university promit they use the library.
25-03-2011Louis(China)using the old chinese words to say, it is "hero always is from young people"
25-03-2011javed(KSA)voa is very good for learn english
26-03-2011M .Niazi(Afghanistan)that is more important at education filed because the scientist and student encourage to Bering their Science activities at end of serve to God creature .
26-03-2011huyen(vietnam)i very admire these students in america, they very good, i hope i will become a good student in the futuer
27-03-2011xiy(china)good
27-03-2011xomnhago(Viet Nam)Not everyone have conditions expose with advanced education
27-03-2011Toppy(Japan)Congratulations to 40 future scientists. "Education environment in USA" I'm really envious.
27-03-2011Koji(Japan)Congratulations to everyone!!! This kind of activities often stimulate my motivation to do great science. Thanks VOA.
28-03-2011Khuc Ngoc Anh(viet nam)I admire them so much. i think Government and investors have to help them expand their research to make life better.
28-03-2011jimmythinhnguyen(Viet Nam)Congratulation for Evan O'Dorney that find out the square root of an integer. In the matematic the number called imaginer and no one can explain it. it is usefull for mathematics scientest.
28-03-2011Susumu(Japan)Most of students don't like to study science. But I think the event or group which support superior scientists might help encourage those stutudents. That's a good idea.
30-03-2011Chheang Hor(Cambodia)It is good for listening English to improve better than.
30-03-2011Chheang Hor(Cambodia)It is good for listening English to improve better than.
31-03-2011Gordon Hu(Canada)VOA always a best website to help me improve my English. and this news especially nice. I show to my daughter who is in university now, to encourage her to do better in experiment in lab. about biology, I am not very sure it is a next giant field in science but I hope it is because syuding biology related programs which are still not easy to find a good pay job.
31-03-2011Kamaliah Helzan(Indonesia)It's a great research project. Thank you so much for this articel and your learning English is very good.
01-04-2011Boukari Coulibaly(Mali)As united states, I think all countries in the world and particularly the african countries should do their best to help science in order to fight ignorance.Thanks a lot VOA
01-04-2011old oak(Brazil)The young talents need to have the oportunity to improve your abilities to find out new discovers that will bring a better life for the World people.
02-04-2011Manuel(Dominican Republic)I see a great future in these guys! Good Job
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