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Teen Wins $25K for Device
Fifteen-year-old American Bailey Quinn Frank, from Fort Lauderdale, won the $25,000 grand prize in the 2026 Young Innovators Challenge for inventing a low-cost device that collects environmental DNA and bacteria from the air using small fans and filter paper. She analyzed three samples—two from indoor locations and one from outdoors. The results showed greater bacterial diversity indoors, while the outdoor sample contained bacteria associated with soil, water, and plants. She emphasized that the findings are limited and do not prove that indoor air is more dangerous. The device collects samples for analysis; it does not provide a medical diagnosis.
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