Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships - New York Times

Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships - New York Times: "Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships

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By SUSAN SAULNY
Published: December 6, 2005

As summer interns working at a laboratory in Phoenix, Anne Lee and Albert Shieh, two high school students, came across a problem reading computerized information on the human genome.

Instead of giving up or switching to a less challenging project, Ms. Lee and Mr. Shieh persevered, and months later developed new software that experts believe may increase the rate of accuracy in genetic data analysis."