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This 14-year-old is making history with a particularly useful invention!
3M and Discovery Education have named 14-year-old Sirish Subash, a student at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, as the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge. That is the premier high school science competition in the United States.
Sirish distinguished himself with an AI detector for pesticides. As the grand prize winner, he received a $25,000 cash prize and the prestigious title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”
Sirish Subash’s invention is “Pestiscand,” a handheld device designed to detect pesticide residues on produce using a non-destructive method. It uses spectrophotometry, which measures how light of different wavelengths is reflected from the surface of fruits and vegetables.
(SR for Tagtik/lllustration: Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay)
