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1 in 10 people worldwide suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), a condition with no cure. This team from the National Cheng Kung University won the Undergraduate Grand Prize with their biological systems for measuring and reducing p-Cresol levels, a uremic toxin that worsens the health outcomes of CKD patients.

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For European winegrowers facing deadly plant diseases like Flavescence Dorée and Bois Noir, four weeks can be too long to wait for a diagnosis. This team from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne built a field-deployable test that gives farmers crucial results in as little as two hours, helping them save their crops while reducing pesticide use.