Biochemistry
Third Award
Despite a surge in sales and consumption of natural supplements in the last 3 years, the science supporting the safety and bioavailability of simultaneous intake of natural supplements again…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Global warming poses a pressing challenge marked by rising temperatures and environmental impacts. Methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are the main drivers of this phenomenon due to their…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
About 38 million falls are reported among older adults each year in the US alone with more than 50,000 fall injuries associated with walkers, leading to more than 30,000 hospitalizations. On…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
In recent years, more renewable and clean forms of energy have emerged, among them is hydrogen energy. While it is an advantageous option, its downside, which prevents it from being more com…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a febrile illness predominantly affecting children under five years old and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. If KD…
Biochemistry
Third Award
Celphos, containing aluminum phosphide, is a widely used and affordable pesticide, however, according to National Institute of Health, it leads to approximately 300,000 global deaths annuall…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Spinal treatment modalities such as spinal fusion and trauma surgery, radiofrequency ablation, and cancer biopsies require the utmost precision to avoid damaging critical structures such as…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Third Award
The annual migration of millions of people within or between countries can create resource strain, tighten job markets, and fuel political realignment. One factor that can play a role in sha…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Cellular reprogramming holds immense promise for novel therapeutics in fields like disease reversion and cellular regeneration. This field aims to control or perturb gene expression to induc…
Mathematics
Third Award
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease affecting millions worldwide, is characterized by its unpredictable course. Mathematics as a tool for predicting MS outcomes and identifying fa…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Over years of increasing environmental awareness and ongoing pollution challenges of single-use plastics, contemporary bioplastics, despite their promise, still present significant ecologica…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
The MERS-CoV is a critical public health concern due to its infectious nature, severe symptoms and high fatality rate, with 36% of MERS-CoV cases resulting in death. This highlights the urge…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
The burning of agricultural waste, which is abundant and difficult to dispose of due to its high lignin content is a main source of carbon emissions and the increase in carbon footprint, one…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Tauopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the deposition of abnormal tau in the brain. There are over 20 tauopathies that collectively affect millions of people around the…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Wind energy is cubically proportional to wind velocity. As altitude increases, wind velocity not only significantly increases but also becomes more consistent in direction and intensity. How…
Systems Software
Third Award
This work developed an accessible software for the development of 3D-printed prostheses for people with partial hand loss. Partial hand loss is the most prevalent form of amputation among up…
Microbiology
Third Award
Diabetes poses a significant global health challenge, emphasizing the urgent need for insulin. Insulin costs a quite demanding as it is needed every year through one's lifetime. Meanwhile, s…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Synthetic dyes used by the fashion industry pollute aquatic ecosystems and contribute to the bioaccumulation of toxic compounds in organisms. Natural dyes are alternatives to synthetics whos…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Conventional architectures such as the Transformer struggle to scale to very long sequences of over 10 000 steps. Promisingly, recent advances in sequence models based on the Structured Stat…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Advancements in human machine interface and human motion monitoring require effective real-time pressure sensing to provide enhance interactive capabilities and enable smart feedback systems…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
There have been many attempts at creating a submersible aerial vehicle, but these attempts have failed for several reasons. Most notably, these attempts did not perform sufficiently either a…
Chemistry
Third Award
Conventional functionalization techniques for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) compromise the simultaneous optimization of structural integrity, CO2 absorption, and catalytic selectivity, dim…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Research Significance: Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 52 million individuals worldwide, with projections indicating a significant increase to 75 million by 2030 and a staggering 152 mill…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
Breast cancer, annually affecting over 2.3 million people worldwide, is targeted in this study through the epichaperome, a network of proteins including heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). PUH71,…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Despite the Earth’s abundance of salt water, water access remains one of the greatest global challenges, underscoring the urgent need to improve technologies for desalination treatment. Elec…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva(FOP) is an extremely rare and debilitating bone disorder that affects 0.00005% of the population. The defining characteristic of FOP is severe heterotop…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
TALE homeodomains (TALE-HD) are a large class of genes encoding proteins that act as transcription factors in eukaryotes to regulate major developmental and life cycle changes. Their ancestr…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Every 15 seconds, a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of mortality and lifelong disability worldwide. Despite its prevalence, effective therapeutic treatments ta…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
The Framework for Embryonic Analysis Through Hyper-customization Enhancement Research (FEATHER) enhances avian egg studies, enabling custom egg modification while preserving embryo viability…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
The author designed and manufactured a robotic lift called “UpLift Mobility”, to elevate frequently falling individuals from the ground, inspired by her grandpa’s increased falls. According…