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WATCH: Canada Teen Has a Way to Treat Postpartum Depression With AI and an App

Shanzeh Haji is developing an app to help new moms track their postpartum journeys so they can coordinate treatment with their healthcare providers.

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Inspiring: 4 Teen ‘STEM Superstars’ Build Inventions to Address Cancer, Suicide

We canvassed the country in search of creative high-schoolers. Here are four innovators we can’t stop talking about.

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WATCH: New York Teen Discovers Biomarker to Identify Those at Risk of Suicide

Natasha Kulviwat looked at brain tissue for those who died by suicide and found there was an increase in a protein biomarker in suicide decedents.

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WATCH: Maryland Teen’s AI-Enabled App Could Save Rural Cancer Patients

William Gao developed an AI diagnostic tool to support doctors and hospitals — allowing them to identify malignant tissue without long lab delays.

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WATCH: Philly Teen Gave Fruit Flies Anxiety to Understand What Makes Us Anxious

Gavriela Beatrice Kalish-Schur asked what’s happening on a cellular level with anxiety to help inform the development of more effective treatments.

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WATCH: Virginia Teen Answers, ‘Did Life on Earth Originate From Outer Space?’

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WATCH: Virginia Teen Developed a 3D-Printed, Accessible Prosthetics for Amputees

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WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

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16-Year-Old Pilot’s Smartphone App Helps Women, People of Color Get Into Flying

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California Teenager Makes History By Sequencing Genome of His Pet Fish

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Watch: A California Teen’s Research Experiment Is Now Saving the Lives of Bees

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14-Year-Old Inventor Wins Prize For Robotic Hand He Built For Less Than $100

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16 Under 16 in STEM: California Teen Harnesses His Anxiety for the Greater Good

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Video — Florida Teen Invents World’s First Sustainable Electric Vehicle Motor

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16 Under 16 in STEM: NJ Teen Employs Tech for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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