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ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Detection of harmful chemicals used in industrial complexes is crucial in order to create a safer environment for the workers. Presently, most chemical detectors used in workplaces are expen…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
The magnetite crystals produced within Magnetospirillum magneticum's (AMB-1) are nearly perfect in their geometry as opposed to lab generated magnetite which has a large amount of structural…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Cancer is a leading cause of death and healthcare expenditures globally. In order to grow, cancers circumvent control systems, including the organism’s immune system. Certain cancers achieve…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This project was an investigative study into the environmental impacts of the distribution of arsenic contaminated soil within inundation zones affected by the 1960 Chilean Tsunami in Hilo,…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
The world remains unprepared to contain the Zika virus and other similar mosquito borne viral diseases which can spontaneously become an epidemic in days. In a survey published by the Wall S…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Food security and agriculturally unfavorable climates are prevalent sustainability concerns. Irrigation, a vital agricultural process, results in salinization of arable land. Saline soil dim…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Hurricanes pose a threat to property and human life. Hurricane Sandy (2012) was unusual in that it recurved to the west as it traveled north, rather than recurving to the east, resulting in…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Our project A.T.S.P. (Autonomic Thermal Soaring Platform) is an embedded system, which allows a fixed-wing aircraft an autonomic flight without requiring a motor permanently. The energy for…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Commercial sutures have shortcomings such as foreign particles harming the body and being unadaptable to surgery of sensitive tissue. A novel suture material that may eliminate these shortco…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Lung disease, which includes asthma, emphysema, cancer and cystic fibrosis, is one of the leading causes of death in the world, with more than 3 million deaths annually. Transplantation is u…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Biological contamination is the second largest cause of biodiversity loss on Earth. The genus Pinus is the most problematic invasive specie on the globe. Brazil has 1.59 million hectares of…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Blue light is emitted from all electronic devices. Connections between multiple health problems such as circadian rhythm disorders, eye strain, and even macular degeneration correlated with…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Popular balance ability monitoring methods such as scale scoring and posturography testing have many drawbacks, e.g. subjective judgments, complicated instruments, defined lab scenarios othe…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Braille books are extremely hard to find as well as very bulky and heavy to carry around. The purpose of my project was to design and construct a refreshable single cell braille device, alon…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
The research project focused on the coating of a copper antimonide (Cu2Sb) anode material, characterizing the coating, and determining effects it had on the cycling of a battery. The carbon…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
The project tests the feasibility of constructing carbon fiber into a chainmail pattern. Designed for motorcycle protective clothing. Carbon fiber mail allows for higher protective levels wi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Palestine is considered one of the states which has high proportion of disabled people relative to its population. This project is based on a concept of which these people can control their…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Fourth Award
Learning Chemistry is very essential. However, in some countries, the conditions to learn Chemistry (facility to do experiments, real chemical compounds to observe,…) are not fully accessibl…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
It is hypothesized that variable release methods for genetically modified Aedes aegypti will control wild mosquito populations using the least number of modified mosquitoes. Aedes aegypti mo…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
The flow of genetic information in living cells involves the transcription of DNA into mRNA and the translation of mRNA into protein. Transcription is initiated when an RNA polymerase binds…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The electric fences are instruments used in areas for separation of pastures, fractionation of livestock feed and provides a perimeter security system allowing the animal does not pass to th…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
High levels of phosphate are a problem in the northern United States, where they can result in algae blooms and eutrophication. This experiment looked to find a way to adsorb phosphate using…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
1.5 million children die every year due to micronutrient deficiencies (CDC, 2015). The purpose of this research is to alter an existing technique to create a simple, cost-effective, and long…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, presents an enormous amount of scientific potential. While probes have been sent to the planet before, consideration of a future manned mission provides its own…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Incessant backaches are an intrinsic part of cycling. Preliminary research revealed that 45% of the cyclists in the world suffer from back pains of which 23% remain chronic. Today, these cyc…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Augmented reality (AR) is a fascinating new lighting technology, where we can add virtual objects to our reality that are perceived as holograms within our actual environment. Special AR gla…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
Nowadays due to the urgent needs of cancer medication, the molecular, targetbased drug discovery has become the most effective method of drug development with promising targets such as HDACs…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness affecting nearly 300,000 people each year. The debilitating symptoms are largely unspecific save for a bulls-eye rash that only appears in…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Accurate data on urban growth and on-going processes is needed to sustainably plan the expansion of cities. Satellite remote sensing has great potential for mapping urban areas regularly in…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is currently one of the deadliest cancers, with a 5-year survival rate of just 7%. Detecting PC while it is localized increases the survival rate to 30%, however to da…