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ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of human death, accounting for 17.8 million deaths in the past year. CVD causes dysfunction in blood proteins and cells. These dysfunctions…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to develop an AI-based application for accurate diagnosis of skin diseases and diseases that manifest signs and symptoms on the skin, leveraging the power of…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
This project aims to address the issues associated with the existing aircraft fuel tank service kit, including its weight, susceptibility to corrosion, and heavy labor intensity. To improve…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Hypoxia is the state of insufficient tissue oxygenation to support homeostasis that, if untreated in time, can lead to tissue damage and organ failure. However, there is a lack of accurate a…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Standard treatments for gliomas, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, are often ineffective. Research has shown that the enzyme SUV39H1, which is involved in DNA methylation and…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Fourth Award
My research aims to develop a novel, noninvasive, and adaptive diagnostic platform based on analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in patient’s breath, which reflect the health conditio…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Swallowing difficulties impact 30-40% of older adults impairing their treatment adherence and negatively affecting the therapeutic benefits of drugs. This study seeks to use 3D-printing tech…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Worldwide, Climate change is increasing both the intensity of rainfall and the resultant flooding risk. Developed countries are addressing the problem by using forecast rainfall by combining…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Pollination services provided by managed honey bees are essential to a variety of agricultural crops. In February and March, more than 80% of the nation’s beehives are rented by almond growe…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Global climate change has severely affected the underwater ecosystem, in particular coral reefs. The risk of coral reef bleaching is increasing by a rate of 3.9% per year and severe bleachin…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Every day, tons of expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) end up in landfills and waterways all over the world, doing incalculable harm to the environment. Previous studies have found that the Zop…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Fourth Award
We investigate a special variant of chip-firing, in which we consider an infinite set of rooms on a number line, some of which are occupied by violinists. In a move, we take two violinists i…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Centralized power grids in developed areas are currently the main benefactor of renewable energy advancements and are predicted to be completely renewable by 2032. However, with methods of e…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
What is the most cost-efficient design of a completely biodegradable water treatment system that uses aquatic plants to reduce the amount of eutrophication in leachate canals feeding the Ind…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
In the recent decades, oil spill pollution has become a prevalent issue due to its adverse environmental effects. Current cleanup procedures while effective, aren’t environmentally sustainab…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
The unnecessary use of wood is a problem everywhere in the world. It’s caused by the carelessness of people or bad inventory in warehouses. Because of that, we think that a thorough registry…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Despite their discovery now dating over 50 years ago, and the great deal of observations we have collected in that time, there is still little we understand about the causes of a pulsar’s gr…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The pandemic-induced decline in colonoscopies and the continuing rise of colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in younger populations makes the need for early CRC indicators higher than ever. The ro…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Yield forecasting is critical for ensuring food security, especially given the rise of extreme weather events. However, the USDA NASS only provides state-level forecasts by conducting costly…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Fourth Award
Carbon dioxide has been linked to devastating anthropocene changes; rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and increases in natural disasters are all effects of global warming. MOFs are porous…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Drug discovery, a complex and time-consuming process, heavily relies on determining affinities between drugs and targets. With the introduction of computational methods, researchers can now…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Hemiplegia is a type of paralysis where one side of the body experiences a loss of motor function. Hemiplegics may be confined to a wheelchair, which presents health issues such as low bone…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The rapid intensification (RI) of tropical cyclones (TCs) is one of the greatest challenges for forecasters. Improving the skill for RI forecasts has been a top priority of the National Hurr…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, resulting in over 800,000 deaths each year. About 90% of all primary liver cancers are characterized as hepatocellular car…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Lithium, the first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD), reportedly causes chronic kidney disease (CKD) in at least 20% of patients. To manage BD, physicians prescribe lithium carbonate…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impacts memory by destroying the neurons of the brain cells. AD is characterized by the presence of two types of prot…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Neuroblastoma is one of the most severe tumors in young children with nearly 500 new cases reported each year. Currently, the only treatments available for this cancer are chemotherapy and r…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Parkinson’s Disease is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the death of dopamine-producing neurons. Due to a decrease in dopamine, patients suffer from both motor and n…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
West Nile virus (WNV) is the most impactful mosquito-borne disease in the United States. Since 1999, it has caused over 2,500 deaths and has seriously harmed quality of life for thousands of…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Specialty metabolites used in food, medicine, pesticides, and fragrances are valuable in virtue of their unique properties, but they face challenges in production due to high costs associate…