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Science essay competition 2004

FIRST PRIZE (拢1500)

Kate Atherton, school of epidemiology and health sciences, University of Manchester: 鈥淲hiplash injury: Pain in the neck or in the head?鈥

SECOND PRIZE (拢750)

Yfke van Bergen, sub-department of animal behaviour, University of Cambridge: 鈥淪mall brains, big intellect: Why fish are smarter than you think鈥

THIRD PRIZE (拢500)

Jessica Tracy, department of psychology, University of California, Davis: 鈥淪how Your Pride鈥

RUNNERS-UP

Maria Tennant, department of neuroscience, King鈥檚 College London: 鈥淧roteins in Motor Neurone Disease 鈥 Keep on Moving!鈥

Corrinne Burns, Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University: 鈥淭he Other Green Goddess鈥

Frances Catherine Elwell, department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Cambridge: 鈥淎 Current Problem鈥

Anna Scaife, Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge: 鈥淭aking pictures of the past鈥

David Jenkins, school of engineering, Napier University: 鈥淭urn on, switch off, or kop out鈥︹

Paul McFadden, department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Cambridge: 鈥淢yths of Creation鈥

Clare Patterson, University of London. Research conducted at department of medicine, University of Sydney: 鈥淪un, sea and catching the right wave鈥

Olivia Hibbitt, department of pharmacology, University of Oxford: 鈥淔lick the switch, its baby time!鈥

Joanne Lawson, department of psychology, University of Sussex: 鈥淲hy children鈥檚 fears should be a worry for grown-ups too鈥

Patrick Lewis, MRC Prion Unit, Institute of Neurology, London: 鈥淩ogue Proteins and Mad Cows鈥

The Science Essay Competition is held jointly by The Wellcome Trust and New 杏吧原创. The winning essay will be published in New 杏吧原创 on 9 October.

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