Heman Bekele has been named TIME`s Kid of the Year for 2024.

The 15-year-old has come up with an idea for a soap that could help treat skin cancer, and he is working with scientists to test his idea.

Heman, whose family came to the USfrom Ethiopia when he was four, read about a medicine called `imiquimod` that can help fight skin cancer. So, he thought about creating a soap that contained the medicine inside super tiny `nanoparticles` that could stick to the skin and deliver the imiquimod after the soap had washed off.

. Last year, when he was 14, Heman created a video explaining his idea, and used it to enter the 3M Young Scientist Challenge. He won the contest and the $25,000 prize. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge also pairs students with older, more experienced `mentor` scientists to guide them. Heman, now a 10th grade student, is working with Vito Rebecca, a scientist at Johns Hopkins University, and are running tests to see if the soap helps mice with skin cancer. It will take a long time and a lot of effort to develop his soap.