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ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Still water in floral buckets often produces bacteria and pollutants, leading to shorter life, inventory shrink, and waste of salvageable flowers. A plan was composed to aerate water in thes…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The brazilian popular medicine is an empirical knowledge, passed down through generations, that associates the use of plants and other natural elements for diseases treatment. As an example,…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wetlands are important wildlife habitats, but are severely threatened and need to be preserved and restored. This study developed a powerful, low-cost, and reusable methodology to assess avi…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Silver has been used since ancient times as a way to combat bacterial infections. Before the introduction of modern antibiotics, silver was mainly used for its bactericidal properties. Howev…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Detecting the origins of newspaper articles is a challenging task. With the recent rise in machine learning, it is highly possible to apply machine learning models to textual origin classifi…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
During viral infections, the host's innate immune system is the first line of defense to prevent viral infection. Because it directs the subsequent development of the adaptive immune respons…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Lactose intolerance is a common digestive system disorder caused by an inability to break down lactose, the common sugar in milk and dairy products. There is currently no long-term treatment…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting a significant percentage of the human population. It is characterized by seizures that occur when neurotransmitter inhibition fails. One well-id…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Northeastern United States populations of pollinating hawkmoths are in long-term decline or have been locally eradicated. Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a hypothesized contributor; howe…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
According to the World Health Organization, the number of people living with diabetes has increased from 108 million in 1980 to more than 422 million in 2017. Poor blood flow and neuropathy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The world population is rapidly rising – estimated to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 – requiring a dramatic increase in crop production and associated water consumption. Fogponics, a hardly used…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a rapidly developing technology with applications in biosensorics, targeted drug delivery, cancer therapy, diagnostics, and purity testing. One of their proper…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
While the Department of Education mandates how many hours of instruction a school must have within a year, they do not specify how those hours are distributed between subjects. Each school d…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Purpose A big problem of the present times is high concentration of carbon dioxide, constantly increasing global warming , as well as other phenomena, which are largely the result of obtaini…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics Fourth Award
Creating a crease in a ring-shaped circular piece of paper results in a saddle-shaped structure which when cut creates a frustum with inner and outer edges in contact with a surface. The pur…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common type of primary brain tumor, is universally fatal with median survival ranging from 9–16 months. Although a significant effort has been focused…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Circulating tumor DNA in blood holds promise as a cancer-specific biomarker. However, detection of ultra-low mutation allelic frequency (MAF) of ctDNA at early stages of cancer is infeasible…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Since the cost of manufacturing and launching a nanosatellite is low, nanosatellites have become increasingly popular in the astronautics industry, thus increasing the demand for the develop…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder. People with SCD experience pain crises, hypercoagulation, and strokes, and suffer dramatically shortened lifespans. SCD causes indiv…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
There has been a great divide in perception of graffiti, from an artform to vandalism. However, as this binary begins to blur in present day, there is currently minimal analytical research f…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
I examined if photobiomodulation (PBM) treatment can result in improved stress response and peripheral nerve regeneration, particularly of A delta and C nerve fibers, after caudal fin injury…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Can an electromagnetic autonomous walking apparatus be created, and can a computer program be compiled and applied to it so that the force interaction between the electromagnetic "floor" ass…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Fuel efficiency and consumption is the most important economic and ecological factor in the transport industry. This study investigates how golf-ball style dents applied on certain areas of…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Anionic dyes are commonly used in the paper, dyeing, petroleum, and textile industries, contributing to global water pollution that harms microbial populations and can be carcinogenic to mam…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Despite their role in regulating crucial plant phenomena like plant architecture and senescence, information about plant hormones, especially strigolactones, is relatively scarce. Strigolact…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Petroleum-based chemistry is responsible for the raw materials needed to produce everyday items, ranging from personal care and pharmaceutical items to industrial solvents. A more environmen…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Melanoma, a tumor arising from melanocytes, is responsible for most skin cancer deaths. Familial melanoma is linked to germline mutations in the CDKN2A (p16) tumor suppressor gene, which reg…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In China, more than 10 million people suffer from physical disabilities, some of who cannot finely control their hands or arms, fail to control TV or air conditioners with remote controller,…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Children with vocal, visual, or auditory deficits are constantly faced with communication barriers. They can show signs of frustration and aggression because of their limited connection to t…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Honey is a natural sweetener used for health and medicinal purposes, but it is considered one of the most adulterated food products in the world. Recent studies have yielded conflicting resu…