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Teenage scientist wins top innovation prize
Maya Varma has just won the Intel Science Talent Search for innovation for inventing a new device to diagnose chronic lung diseases. What used to mean a hospital appointment now can be done at home with a device costing just $45.
But what makes Maya really remarkable is that she's just 17. And she's won $150,000 in one of America's largest and most prestigious high school science competitions for her work, which she described to Newsday.
(Pic: Maya Varma, Credit: Courtesy of Anujan Varma)
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