. >> from ambler, pennsylvania, and germantown academy, jonah kallenbach. [ applause ] >> this might rs, but these winners are scientists. the intel science awards recognizes high-school seniors who solve real-world problems. for example, jonah took second place for taking on the challenge of a dangerous kind of protein. >> i basically built a computer-science tool, which solves this problem by predicting exactly when a disordered protein is going to bind to an older protein, and what that interaction looks like. >> let me translate -- jonah is on track to finding a better way to treat cancer. as for the first-place winner... >> sara volz. [ applause ] >> ...her project focused on using algae for fuel. >> i feel like there were so many deserving people, and, like, all of the people who i got to meet this week are so smart, and their projects are so amazing that... i'm really stunned and honored and amazed. >> all this excitement happens every year at the intel awards. 40 finalists from across the country came to washington, d.c., for a super-charged science fair. >> and these can be c