Hats off to the winners of the inaugural Google Science Fair

The results are in—and this year was all about girl power. Our top three winners by age category are:

•Lauren Hodge in the 13-14 age group. Lauren studied the effect of different marinades on the level of potentially harmful carcinogens in grilled chicken.
•Naomi Shah in the 15-16 age group. Naomi endeavored to prove that making changes to indoor environments that improve indoor air quality can reduce people’s reliance on asthma medications.
•Shree Bose in the 17-18 age group. Shree discovered a way to improve ovarian cancer treatment for patients when they have built up a resistance to certain chemotherapy drugs.

Google also awarded one Grand Prize and the Grand Prize Winner is...Shree Bose; congratulations!

Source: Google Blog