Virginia Teen's Model Boosts Simulated Earthquake Sensor Coverage by 16.7%

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A 14-year-old from Williamsburg, Virginia, has made it into the top 30 of a national science competition. Isabel Rossi developed a mathematical model aimed at improving where earthquake sensors are placed. Over a six-month research project, she found that adding just five sensors could raise simulated detection coverage by 16.7 percent. Her work drew on earthquake records from California and established mathematical techniques to pinpoint more effective sensor locations.

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