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ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Rare earth metals are useful in a wide range of electronic devices, but mining and purification are becoming more expensive and lead to wide-scale contamination. The synthesis of alternative…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have attracted increasing attention over the past decades because of the high energy-conversion efficiency, high power density, good fuel availab…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Water pollution causes thousands of deaths each day and destruction of environmental systems. Most available solutions to this problem are inefficient and expensive. A leading solution sugge…
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
Chemistry
The Curcumin molecule is the active ingredient of turmeric; it can capture heavy metals. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the capability of curcumin to combine with copper ion. For…
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
Chemistry
The detection of nitroaromatic compounds is extremely vital in many areas including military and civilian safety, chemical industry and environmental monitoring. 4-Nitrophenol (4-NP) is one…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Current patient disease diagnosis relies on observed symptoms rather than specific genetic information, resulting in low objective response rates as well as expensive and ineffective treatme…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Given the importance of protein Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the goal was to develop an algorithm to filter and assign signals to accelerate drug discovery. From the 4D NOE…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Toxic heavy metal contamination has become an impending global threat due to rapidly increasing diffusion by water from mining settlements and industrial factories. Current sensing methods a…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Site-specific mutagenesis, also known as site-directed mutagenesis, is the specific and intentional introduction of mutations into a DNA sequence. This technique has many applications in res…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This research project aimed to identify the colored substance produced by the reaction of sulfuric acid with a specific type of gold ore that I discovered in Boulder, Colorado. The collected…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Urea electrooxidation has the potential for both waste remediation of toxic nitrogen compounds and efficient generation of hydrogen for renewable energy production. This work explored the ap…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an epidemic that affects more than 5.4 million Americans and is the sixth leading cause of death. Previous research has suggested that the dysfunction and degener…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Concrete accounts for up to 8% of worldwide CO2 emissions. Alkali-activated cement (AAC) is an environmentally sustainable alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and can reduce OPC CO…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Biofilm-based infections pose two major problems: extreme resistance to antibiotics and many other conventional antimicrobial agents and extreme capacity for evading the host defenses. Dispe…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
One promising new process promises to more quickly and inexpensively with less environmental impact is using of acetic acid at the presence of small amount of nitric acid to leach and recove…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The constant innovation and search for new technologies is a fundamental part of the development of the national pharmaceutical industry, wich has a integral implication in the development a…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
The increasing prevalence of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in our freshwater sources is a growing concern for the global community. The aim of this project is determining a faster, more cost ef…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The Magnetite eggshell nanocomposite was synthesized using the antioxidant contents of the aqueous extract of the lemon in a green root and eggshell wastes through an environmentally friendl…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
In this research, two new molecules DMAC-mmCN and DMAC-mpCN configured as donor (D)-pi-bridge-acceptor (A) were prepared to examine the property of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
An effective method to stop a tumor growth is inhibition of the mitotic kinesin, that is a protein, which moves along microtubules and transport substances necessary for cancer cells divisio…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases are highly selective in substrate oxidation and have the promising potential as biocatalysts for industrial processes. A unique P450 enzyme known as TxtE catal…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Given the current demand from the $100 billion hydrogen industry and the potential of hydrogen based fuels for a clean energy future, there is a critical need for more efficient and sustaina…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Epinephrine is a hormone naturally secreted by the body in response to stress. It is also used as the primary treatment for anaphylaxis, a severe and often fatal allergic reaction. Prompt in…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The aim of the project was to discern the cause of thermochromism in [Fe(NH2trz)3]Br2·H2O. It was hypothesized that it occurred due to a spin transition, which would be measurable through IR…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a devastating clinical course yet currently lacks an effective treatment method. A recently proposed biochemical mode…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This project in its present form is about approaching noninvasive ways in monitoring glucose in the human body using sweat. The idea of this experiment is to find an alternative to the curre…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The aquatic fern, Salvinia molesta is a global menace to waterways as it grows on water surfaces and prevents oxygen from getting into the water, creating a dead zone where no organisms can…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Nanoparticles are easily finding their way into the environment much easier than before due to them being in consumer products such as food and the lining of clothing. If enough nanoparticle…