17-year-old Wins $400K For Explaining Quantum Tunneling in Science Competition
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The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science competition that was created to inspire creative thinking about fundamental concepts in the life sciences, physics and mathematics. With the recent coronavirus gripping the world, this was the first time there was a new category on the science of pandemics.
“Winning the Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a life-changing moment for me, and presents so many new opportunities that nothing will be the same from now on,” Tsegaye said in a written statement. “I am so humbled to be a part of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge community, and to win this for my school, my teachers, my family, the city, and the country.”