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A Dallas eighth-grader spent four years teaching himself physics to build a working nuclear fusion reactor, starting when he was just 8 years old. Now he's pursuing a Guinness World Record while inspiring other young scientists at a new makerspace for kids.
China's biggest tech companies are betting on millennials and Gen Z researchers to lead their artificial intelligence breakthroughs. The move signals a new era where youth and fresh perspectives drive innovation in the world's most competitive tech race.
Nigeria is training young scientists to develop life-saving drugs locally after COVID-19 exposed dangerous dependence on imported medicines. The program aims to ensure safe antimalarial medications and strengthen the country's pharmaceutical independence.
In 1918, Katharine Burr Blodgett became the first woman scientist at General Electric's legendary research lab, paving the way for groundbreaking discoveries that changed modern technology. Her story of courage and brilliance continues to inspire young scientists today.
When NASA's Pandora telescope launched in January, more than half its leading scientists and engineers were early in their careers. The $20 million mission is giving young researchers unprecedented leadership roles in space exploration.
Ghana's leading network for young scientists just inducted 23 early and mid-career researchers, marking its biggest class in a decade. The milestone celebration doubles as a 10th anniversary for an academy that's giving Ghana's next generation of scholars a powerful voice in national development.
In a modest apartment workshop south of Nairobi, Eugene Awimbo builds rockets not for space, but for sparking curiosity in Kenya's classrooms. For over a decade, this self-taught inventor has turned passion into purpose, showing students that scientists and astronauts can come from anywhere.