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ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Around one in five people worldwide are diagnosed with Osteoporosis, a disease that causes gradual loss of bone mass leading to increased risk of fractures, drastically reducing life expecta…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
The shift towards a fossil-free society has exponentially increased the demand for Li-- the most critical material used in electric vehicles and Li+ batteries. However, mineral demand for Li…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Fourth Award
When Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed mRNA therapeutics, they packaged mRNA in 4-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to prevent bloodstream degradation by RNases. Research has sin…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging water contaminants of concern due to their toxicity and persistence in the environment. Zeolite nano resins (ZNR) are a promising new…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Plastic pollution poses a significant environmental threat, resulting in over 29 million tons of plastic waste generated every year. With the demand for plastic increasing, it becomes impera…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
In this era of water scarcity, water purification has become an important issue. Our aim is to contribute to both the ecosystem and the economy by preparing a novel treatment method and gree…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Amid the pressing need to combat global warming, attention is increasingly turning towards innovative technologies that harness greenhouse gases like (CO2) carbon dioxide and (CH4) methane t…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is the formation of biomolecular condensates that house various chemical reactions. The dysregulation of LLPS has been linked to tumorigenesis and neuro…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Our project about reducing crude oil viscosity through transporting pipes. We brought four samples of crude oil for each sample we added either date kernal or palm leaf or DRA the fourth sam…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Bioluminescence, the process of production and emission of the visible light by living organisms has a great application potential in variety of fields, from basic research, bioimaging to co…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Considering a rising incidence of vertigo disorders in our high school friends (15–40%), this research is aiming for vestibular disease treatment, acetyl-DL-leucin (ADLL, a world-wide therap…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Bird enthusiasts conducting extensive surveys have found it difficult to remove bird droppings stains from parks and roads. The existing bird dropping cleaning agents on the market contain s…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
As the occurrence of cancer becomes more prevalent, scientists are eagerly encouraged to investigate means of combating the disease. After identifying the overabundance of L-type amino acid…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Conventional functionalization techniques for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) compromise the simultaneous optimization of structural integrity, CO2 absorption, and catalytic selectivity, dim…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Second Award
The growing global energy demand and environmental concerns have highlighted green hydrogen as a promising solution due to its potential for clean energy production. Pursuing the exploration…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry First Award
Post-Combustion Carbon Capture (PCC) aims to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering CO2 from flue gas streams. Currently, PCC utilizes liquid amine solvents, such as monoet…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Fourth Award
In recent years, single-junction perovskite solar cells with lead-halide frameworks have garnered considerable interest for their superior photovoltaic performance, facile fabrication, and t…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Alzheimer's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease in which pathological Amyloid-Beta plaques of 40 amino acids (AB40) aggregate as insoluble fibrils around cells in the neocortex. It is the…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Natural products offer great promise as pharmaceuticals due to evolutionary optimization not seen in their synthetic counterparts, and because they exist beyond the reaches of most synthetic…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
MDM2 amplification occurs in approximately 40 to 60% of human sarcomas such as liposarcoma. MDM2 protein, an E3 ubiquitin-ligase, negatively regulates p53, a tumor suppressor inactivated in…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
This research was a two-part experiment to discover new antibiotics. The first part was reacting erythromycin with morpholine and propyl amine to see if a reaction occurred. Erythromycin and…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, has been identified as a potential cancer therapeutic due to its abundance, specificity to cancer cells, and low toxicity. In high doses, it has the capacity to…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the gender discrepancy in Alzheimer's disease (AD), in which females are two-thirds more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than men. This was…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
This project investigated the extent to which fertilizer alters the pH and dissolved oxygen levels of freshwater. For pH testing, I used a Wide Range pH Indicator solution with 10mL of sampl…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
The project aims to explore the use of plant corrosion inhibitors compared to toxic bike chain lubricants on carbon steel bike chains. Current bike maintenance companies use petroleum and to…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Gas sensing is vital for human health, industrial safety, and adherence to air quality standards (Tonezzer & Van Duy, 2023). Metal phthalocyanines (MPc’s) are promising gas sensing candidate…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Over 50 million people are diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases worldwide, however the fundamental molecular mechanisms for the development of these diseases are not well-researched. Un…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
With single-use plastic accumulating and damaging the environment, new and sustainable solutions must be found. One way to do so is using chitosan, found in shrimp shells, and glycerol, a co…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
The hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayer, sharing the same crystalline structure and isoelectronic properties with graphene, is well-recognized for its wide band gap semiconductor nature…