Even as the NASDAQ stock market slumped last Monday, the future of high technology never looked so strong.
At a gala black-tie reception in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station, the Intel Science Talent Search–which has been administered for 60 years by Science Service, the publisher of Science News–handed out the top awards in its 2001 competition for high school seniors. Leading the winners were students with projects in physics, math, and computer science.