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Meet Alekha Goldberg, a California seventh-grader who tested a potential brain-injury treatment on 350 fruit flies after her brother was hurt; injured flies given the highest dose survived and climbed better

Alekha GoldbergPhoto credit: Society for science When Alekha Goldberg’s older brother suffered a traumatic brain injury during a violent attack in Washington, D.C., she saw how deeply the injury changed…

Meet Iris Shen, the 17-year-old Texas student who used clams as a model for testing blood-cancer drugs, found a drug combination that slowed tumor growth, and won a $150,000 Regeneron Science Talent Search prize

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Iris ShenPhoto: Society for Science Iris Shen, a 17-year-old student from The Woodlands, Texas, has earned third place and a $150,000 award in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for…