By Emily Sohn
A record 1,447 high school students from 45 countries shone their brightest in sunny Phoenix last week as they competed for more than $3 million in scholarship money, trips, and other prizes at the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
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Judges spotlighted the brightest ideas from a spectrum of sophisticated experiments and inventions.