Hot Competition: Students display winning projects

In Albuquerque, visitors must decide between red and green chilies, but last week, a different kind of spice heated up the town. At the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), more than 1,500 high school students from 51 countries displayed projects with tongue-tingling titles.

BEAMING TEENS. Dayan Li, Philip Streich, and Dmitry Vaintrob (left to right) nab the top prizes at the International Science and Engineering Fair.