RISING STARS
Science · 2009
INTEL WINNERS. Eric Larson (left), a high school senior from Eugene, Oregon, has claimed the top prize—a $100,000 college scholarship—in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search for his classification of new fusion categories, a type of algebraic structure with applications in string theory and quantum computation. Second- and third-place winners were William Sun, 17, of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Philip Streich, 18, of Platteville, Wisconsin.