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ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The main purpose of this project is to further improve the models available for calculating the energy output of tidal barrages. This project will build on the previous year's project, which…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Cancer cells metabolize some basic nutrients, such as glucose, differently than normal cells do. Recently, investigation on cancer metabolism has increased due to the discovery of new metabo…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The United Nations estimates that 2.5 billion people worldwide are living without access to clean water with over 2 million dying each year from waterborne disease. Continual exposure to unc…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
There is no curative therapy for liver cancer, the second leading cancer mortality worldwide, therefore cancer chemoprevention is the most impactful strategy to improve the dismal prognosis.…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Art and science are often thought to be polar opposite. This project, Origami Transformer, bridges ancient art with computer science by creating a self-folding origami with the aid of a comp…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
In the U.S., millions suffer from life-impairing involuntary shaking of muscles called tremors. Tremors are caused by a variety of diseases, injuries and conditions, including traumatic brai…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The ability of a cancer cell to alter its metabolic capacity was described by Warburg in the 1930s as an increase in energy production via glycolysis. Today, it is understood that transcript…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Coxa Saltans, a condition of the hip, comes in three forms that manipulate a snap, but the contributing factors vary. Internal Coxa Saltans, on which this research focuses, occurs when the i…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Biopolymers are all those polymers that are naturally produced such as starch and cellulose. And they may be assimilated by various biodegradable species without having a toxic effect on the…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of different tannin concentrations on potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida in in vitro and in vivo experiments and then determine phytotoxic…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Nucleic acid aptamers are single stranded DNA or RNA that bind targets ranging from large biomolecules to small chemicals, with affinities and specificities emulating antibodies, and provide…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The aim of this project was to develop a cost-effective, off-the-grid aluminum melting furnace that can safely melt 1,200 aluminum cans (approximately 35 lbs. of molten metal) per hour on a…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Heavy metals are increasingly found in drinking water worldwide from road, mining, agriculture and factory runoff. The heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, copper and lead are carcinogenic and cau…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The newly designed test tube presented in this abstract would improve on the design of blood test tubes commonly used by hospitals, clinics, and both research and commercial laboratories all…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
In this study, I demonstrate the tuned liquid dampers (TLD) consist of paraboloidal tanks equipped with flow-guiding vanes, which can effectively mitigate the vibration of structure induced…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Our DNA is constantly exposed to mutagens generating damage in the polynucleotide chain. If not repaired, these DNA lesions can lead to genomic instability and potentially to cancer. Fortuna…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Nearly 460,000 people were sent to the hospital in 2012 for injuries related to exercise equipment, according to USA Today. Treadmills are the number one cause of exercise equipment injuries…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of this retrospective and observational study was to see the effect of the missing X chromosome in women (a condition known as Turner Syndrome) on the liver. It was expected that…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Water resources scarcity is central problem in Egypt and when it comes to human health, it must be our top priority. According to the UN (20091), 1,164,000 of the total Egyptian population d…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Climate change is the greatest humanitarian dilemma of our time threatening our public health, the environment, the economy, our national security and more. In the years to come, the combina…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Arsenic poisoning is extremely severe in regions of Bangladesh, where the arsenic concentration in the drinking water of some tube wells can be as high as 100 times more than the recommended…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Water pollution caused by Arsenic has become a major problem around the world, and more particularly in SE Asia. In this project I proposed a special type of a filter to address the aforemen…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Bisphenol A (BPA) is present in a variety of consumer products and has been linked to numerous health effects in humans. Especially in food and beverage containers, the inner epoxy liner of…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
In recent years, an increasing level of pharmaceuticals has been detected in rivers and streams. The purpose of this experiment was to test the effect of two of the most common drugs found a…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
More than one billion people worldwide are disabled and they often try to overcome shortcomings to continue their daily lives. “The prosthesis makes no pretense of trying to replace the lost…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
The discovery of lipid-burning beige fat may potentially have the ability to serve as a therapeutic option for obese patients. While the therapeutic implication of beige fat have been seen i…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
3D printing is the emerging technology for making complex objects directly without assembling parts. Ink-jet printers at home allows one to print delicate 2D structures on paper and the visi…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Two critical necessities for people in developing communities are generating affordable power and accessing clean water. According to a joint WHO and UNICEF 2015 monitoring report, 9% of the…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Using livestock as an economic and environmentally friendly method of weed control is becoming a common approach within farming communities globally. My family have observed contradictions t…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
A chaotic water wheel is a special kind of mill wheel where the paddles have holes in the bottom so that they are leaking. If a water support is installed at the top, the top paddles where f…