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With a new business development dimension to the Young Scientist competition, smart students may see their products go to market, writes DICK AHLSTROM

THE JUDGES at the next BT Young Scientists and Technologyexhibition will be choosing the 2010 Young Scientist of the year, but will also be searching for something extra – the next Google, Microsoft or Elan.