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March• 2019 | 11Teenager’s Innovative Tool
Could Help Doctors Treat
Pancreatic CancerR
ishab Jain, 13, has discovered
an algorithm and tool that
could help doctors pinpoint
the pancreas whilst patients are
undergoing pancreatic cancer
treatment. The goal is to locate the
pancreas – which can be obscured
by other organs – more quickly and
precisely during radiation treatment.
A notoriously difficult cancer to treat,
with a low five-year survival rate,
pancreatic cancer is a focus for this
Portland-based teenager who won
US$25,000 in the 2018 Discovery
Education 3M Young Scientist
Challenge. He is planning on using
his winnings to study to become a
doctor or biomedical engineer.R
oom air conditioner
(RAC) units are
increasing in
proportion to the global
temperature rising steadily.
Experts estimate there will
be many billions of RAC units
in use by 2050, which will
greatly increase carbon
emissions. Sir Richard
Branson is helping the Indian
government and the Rocky
Mountain Institute uncover
future technology to help
reduce the global impact
of RAC units. The inaugural
US$3 Million Global Cooling
Prize has been created to
encourage new residential
cooling technology with five
times less climate impact than
current units. See more at
http://www.globalcoolingprize.org.US $3 Million in Prizes
to Reinvent Room
Air ConditionerUS$
MILLION
PRIZES!