Jaipur Student Invents System to Clean Blood
Suramrit Singh Kohli, a school student from Jaipur, has developed a magnetic prototype called NanoClear to clean tiny plastic bits from blood.
Can you imagine using tiny magnets to clean human blood? In October 2026, exciting news arrived from Jaipur, Rajasthan, where a talented schoolboy made a big scientific breakthrough. Suramrit Singh Kohli, a Grade 12 student at Jayshree Periwal International School, created a special device named NanoClear. This brilliant Jaipur student microplastics invention is designed to explore how to remove tiny bits of plastic from our bloodstream.
Microplastics are microscopic pieces of plastic that are far too small to see with your eyes. Suramrit wanted to find a clever way to pull these particles out of blood safely. His idea quickly caught the attention of scientists across the globe, leading to top honours at major science fairs.
What happened?
Suramrit began his exciting science adventure during the Summer@Brown programme at Brown University. There, he studied under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Webster and thought about new ways to tackle plastic pollution inside the body. In August 2025, he took his project further by conducting careful laboratory testing at the ReeLABs Research Centre in Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. Abhijit Bhopadikar.
So, how does NanoClear work? Suramrit used tiny particles called functionalised magnetic nanoparticles. These nanoparticles are designed to stick tightly to microscopic plastic bits. Once the particles cling to the plastic, they can be separated by an external magnetic field.
Suramrit built a specialised external circuit for this process. In this circuit, blood flows through a coil lined with magnets. The magnets attract and trap the clusters of magnetised plastic. After the plastic is caught in the coil, the filtered blood can return safely.
This clever device brought Suramrit huge success at big competitions. In January 2026, he took NanoClear to the IRIS National Fair, where roughly 120 finalists competed. Suramrit won a Gold medal and the prestigious Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Most Outstanding Exhibit in STEM.
Because of his brilliant showing, NanoClear was selected as one of approximately 20 student projects to represent India at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, also known as ISEF 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona. At ISEF 2026, Suramrit received a Special Award from Zydus along with a cash prize of $1,250.
His hard work did not stop there. Suramrit presented his research at TIBS 2026, and his scientific findings were published by the publisher Springer Nature in its Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems series. His design has also secured an Indian design patent, alongside a provisional patent and an ongoing patent filing in the United States.
Why does it matter to you?
Sometimes, big problems like pollution and health challenges can seem too giant for kids to solve. You might think that only grown-up scientists in white coats can make life-saving discoveries. Suramrit’s journey proves that teenagers do not have to wait until they are adults to make a real difference in the world.
When you study science, practise robotics, or ask curious questions in your school laboratory, you are building the exact same skills that Suramrit used. Your ideas today could turn into real inventions that help doctors and patients in the future.
Words to know
- Microplastics: microscopic pieces of plastic that can end up in nature and inside living bodies.
- Nanoparticles: super tiny particles that are much smaller than a single grain of sand.
- Prototype: an early test model of an invention built to see how well an idea works.
- Patent: an official legal right given to an inventor so others cannot copy their design.
Did you know?
NanoClear was one of only around 20 student projects chosen from across the entire country to represent India at the ISEF science fair in Phoenix, Arizona!
Think about it
If you could build any invention to clean up our environment or protect human health, what problem would you try to solve first? What everyday school subjects would help you build your dream machine?
Quick quiz
What is the name of the prototype developed by Suramrit Singh Kohli to magnetically remove microplastics from blood?
- NanoClear
- BloodClean
- MagnetoFilter
See the answer
NanoClear
Sources
This story was prepared by the Kids Gazette news desk with the help of AI research and writing tools, using the sources listed above.
