Algae. Not just a soft drink any more.

Intel ISEF finalist Evie Sobczak creates viable algae biofuel without using chemicals in processing.

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Wait a minute! She springs from Anglo-Saxon stock (i.e. she's a WASP.)

According to the science fair stereotype, she should have submitted an ant farm while the Japanese American student designed and built a particle accelerator and the European worked on recombinant DNA.

I kid, of course. Seriously, it's a great project and I hope Evie goes on to pursue this kind of thing professionally.

By Chris Winter (not verified) on 30 Jun 2013 #permalink