Previous winners
The very first Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize winners were selected by judges from the Molecular Frontiers Scientific Advisory Board on 29th May 2008 at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 winners
See what scientists have found out about the winning questions since 2008 in Questions followup
SUBMIT a question for the 2010 Prize! | Girls Brittany Wakefield, 15, USA: “How are shells made?" Ang Qi Yan, 16, Singapore: “What is between protons and neutrons in the nucleus?” Kelsey Kecherson, 15, USA: "How do we do things?” Ava Violich, 11, USA: “When did molecules come into being?” Katie Osborn, 14, USA: “What are emotions?” Boys Oliver Gocher, 12, UK: “If elephants have huge brains, why are they not the most intelligent?” Vladimir Leopards, 15, USA: “Why aren’t plants black?” Adam Patrick, 13, UK: “Why do tea leaves gather in the center when a cup of tea is stirred?” Adeeb Nazeerudin, 17, Switzerland: “What is the origin of our thinking – if the brain controls nearly all of our body, what makes the brain control itself?” Jacob Bildfell, 15, Canada: “What is the nature of all matter?” |