Google Science Fair

[6] Entries are judged on eight core criteria, which include the student's presentation, question, hypothesis, research, experiment, data, observations, and conclusion.

The on-line site also contains a number of highlighted guest interviews with selected individuals, each well established and prominent in their field of science, with the aim being for them to act as inspiration to young students.

Lauren Hodge of York, PA, won the age 13–14 category for research on whether marinades reduce the amount of cancer-causing compounds produced by the grilling of meat.

[16] Iván Hervías Rodríguez, Marcos Ochoa, and Sergio Pascual, all of Spain, won the 15-16 age group using microscopy to examine microscopic creatures in aquatic ecosystems.

[17] The winners of the 2013 Google Science Fair were: 13-14 age category: Viney Kumar (Australia) — The PART (Police and Ambulances Regulating Traffic) Program.

Using Peltier tiles and the temperature difference between the palm of the hand and ambient air, Ann designed a flashlight that provides bright light without batteries or moving parts.

17-18 age category Grand Prize Winner: Eric Chen (USA) — Computer-aided Discovery of Novel Influenza Endonuclease Inhibitors to Combat Flu Pandemic.

Kenneth Shinozuka (15) was declared as the Science In Action Award winner in recognition of the practical potential of his project 'Wearable Sensors for Aging Society.'

Arsh Shah Dilbagi (16) from India won the Voter's Choice Award for creating an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device that converts breath into words, enabling mute people to speak.

These included Lauren McKenzie (14) who built an automatic soil watering system, Shadab Karnachi (14) who designed a low-cost gaming device for people with visual impairments, Nishanth Kumar (16) who designed a low-cost 'hands-free' mouse for use by people with developmental disabilities, and Peter He (14) who developed an innovative wireless virtual reality system.

[20] The global finalists[21] representing 10 countries were announced on August 4, 2015 and were as follows: Bosnia-Herzegovina Anela Arifi and Ilda Ismaili - A system for alternative fuel production and storage using chicken feathers Canada Isabella O'Brien - Trouble in Paradise: Recycling shell waste to reduce ocean acidification Calvin Rieder - Extracting clean water from air: solar-powered solution for providing potable water France Eliott Sarrey - Bot2Karot: gardening through a smartphone-activated robot India Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai - Absorbing water pollutants with corn cobs Lithuania Laura Steponavičiūtė - Detecting the environmental dangers of nanomaterials Russia Alexey Tarasov - Using ternary logic on current electronics Singapore Girish Kumar - RevUp: improving learning through auto-generated study questions Zhilin Wang - Zinc air batteries for affordable, renewable energy storage Taiwan Wei-Tung Chen - Calculating the 3D position of an object from a single source Yo Hsu and Jing-Tong Wang - Knock on fuel: detecting impurities in gasoline with sound pattern analysis United Kingdom Krtin Nithiyanandam - Improving diagnosis and treatment for Alzheimer’s with new molecular “Trojan Horse” Matthew Reid - The ArduOrbiter: a lightweight, open source satellite United States Anika Cheerla - Automated and accurate early-diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease Anurudh Ganesan - VAXXWAGON: a reliable way to store and transport vaccines Olivia Hallisey [WINNER] - Temperature-independent, inexpensive and rapid detection of Ebola Deepika Kurup - Solar powered silver combating bacteria in drinking water Pranav Sivakumar - Automated search for gravitationally lensed quasars Adriel Sumathipala - Creating a simple diagnostic tool for earlier detection of cardiac disease Tanay Tandon - Delivering rapid, portable and automated blood morphology tests

The Grand Prize was won by Olivia Hallisey (16) with her project ‘Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System’.

[25] The Scientific Innovator Award was won by a team of three for 'Fighting Foam Waste with Recycled Filters' from the United States [Ashton Cofer (14), Luke Clay (14) and Julie Bray (14)].

"[29] The National Geographic Explorer award was won by A U Nachiketh Kumar and Aman K A, of India, for finding an eco-friendly way to coagulate rubber.

The Lego Education Award was won by Daniel Kazantsev of the Russian Federation, who wanted to find a better way to help those who are hearing impaired to communicate with the world around them.