<p>"He is only a freshman at North County High School in Anne Arundel County.</p>
<p>However, 15-year-old Jack Andraka is being recognized for developing what may become an effective way to detect pancreatic cancer.</p>
<p>'I've created a paper sensor and it can detect pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer,' Andraka told WBAL News.</p>
<p>'Basically it costs 3-cents and takes about five minutes to run, so it can be used in routine screenings, and I found that it could detect the cancer before it became invasive, and your chance of survival is much greater before it becomes invasive.' " ...</p>
<p>Nobel Prize in medicine candidate?</p>
<p>High</a> School Freshman Wins Award For Pancreatic Cancer Test | Baltimore News | WBAL Radio 1090 AM</p>
<p>And now I feel stupid. Awesome kid. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did get the Nobel. Is there some kind of age limit for the prize?</p>
<p>This is so cool. I can see a beautiful career ahead of him for bio-medical engineering.</p>
<p>So cool! Here’s a description of one of the projects of a runner-up: </p>
<p>Ari Dyckovsky, 18, of Leesburg, Virginia, investigated the science of quantum teleportation. He discovered that once atoms are linked through a process called “entanglement,” information from one atom can simultaneously appear in another atom when the quantum state of the first atom is destroyed. Using this method, organizations requiring high levels of data security, such as the National Security Administration, could send encrypted messages long distances without risking interception because the information would not travel to its new location; it would simply appear there.</p>
<p>This completely fascinates this Star Trek nerd.</p>
<p>Wow, how to the judges even decide who to give the top prize to? They’re all so good!</p>
<p>That’s fantastic! Hard work does pay off.</p>
<p>Glad to see someone from my area do well in these competitions. His high school is not even a great school. We can once again see that a kid who really wants it can get there from anywhere. I am sure he is at that high school because it is has the new STEM program. Even with that program, it had the worst SAT scores in the county last year.</p>
<p>He’s very smart. He’s very passionate about research in the medical field.</p>