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The Mathematical Association of America released the 2006 AMC 8 competition results. 2,235 schools and 147,210 students participated in the competition. The average national score was 10.14 out of 25. California performed better with a state average of 10.76.
Andrew Z. Fire of Stanford University and Craig C. Mellow of University of Massachusetts won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.
The 37th International Physics Olympiad was held in Singapore from July 8-17. The United States won four gold medals and one silver medal:
The United States finished fifth at the 2006 International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) competition held in Slovenia from July 6-18.
The Center for Excellence in Education announced the 2006 USA Biology Olympiad Finalists. Jawon Lee and Victoria Wong of Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, and Kai Qiu of University High School in Irvine were named finalists.