Society for Science

@Society4Science

Publisher of @ScienceNews & @SN_Explores. Hosts STEM competitions: #RegeneronISEF, #RegeneronSTS, #JuniorInnovators

Washington, DC societyforscience.org Joined March 2010

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Society for Science @Society4Science Oct 28

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific #JuniorInnovators Challenge, the nation's leading middle school STEM competition.

Read about all the winners: societyforscience.org/press-release/…

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"My dream is to make better bioplastics." #JuniorInnovators ekalakaeagle.com/story/2026/11/…

www.ekalakaeagle.com Baker seventh grader wins national STEM award for bioplastics research A Baker Junior High School seventh grader has earned a national award for turning banana and plantain starch into bioplastic. Rye Lynn Rost, 13, won the $2,500 second-place Technology Award at the...

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For #SN10 honoree Víctor Ortega Jiménez, understanding how animals work is a source of inspiration. sciencenews.org/article/flamin…

www.sciencenews.org Why do flamingos dance while they eat? This scientist found out Beautiful ripples drew Víctor Ortega Jiménez to feeding flamingos. Unraveling their secret could inspire new ways to filter water.

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Congratulations to Society alumnus @DanielBiss on winning his congressional race in Illinois's 9th district! Daniel competed in the 1995 Westinghouse Science Talent Search and the 1995 International Science and Engineering Fair.

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Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera used plantain peels to create a biodegradable mulch that controls weeds while also helping keep the soil cool and moist.

She won The Lemelson Foundation Award for Invention at Thermo Fisher JIC.

#JuniorInnovators

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www.youtube.com Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera, winner of The Lemelson Foundation Award (Thermo Fisher JIC 2026) 13-year-old Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera won The Lemelson Foundation Aw...