The Week in Review    Last week, some of the country’s most
innovative high school seniors traveled to Washington, D.C., for
the Intel Science Talent Search 2013. The Intel Science Talent
Search, a prestigious science and math competition, recognizes
40 high school seniors who are leaders in innovation and who are
seeking to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. Jonah
Kallenbach, 17, of Ambler, Pa., won $75,000 for a bioinformatics
study that breaks new ground in predicting protein binding for
drug therapy. Adam Bowman, 17, of Brentwood, Tenn., won $50,000
for designing and building a compact and inexpensive, low-
energy, pulsed plasma device. Hannah Larson of Eugene, Ore.,
received a $40,000 award for her research into an abstract
mathematical structure that is important in many areas of
theoretical physics and computer science.  The spotlight shone
the brightest, however, on Sara Volz, a senior from Colorado
Springs, Colo., who received the top award of $100,000 from the
Intel Foundation for her res