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ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cellular stress is caused by the exposure of cells to environmental stressors and is extremely harmful, e.g., oxidative stress is caused by free radicals, and is linked to cancer, ADHD, etc.…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The use of Silver nanoparticles (NPs) and Cadmium quantum dots (CdSe/ZnS)(QDs) is increasing daily in many commercially used products such as sunscreen, water resistant clothes, and may be u…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
X-ray crystallography is a widely used technique in pharmacy for drug design, development and, especially, for assignment of drug quality and detection of impurities. While X-ray diffraction…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Biofouling is the accumulation of microorganisms or plants on wet surfaces. It poses risks for humans and on a wide variety of surfaces. Biofouling also can af-fect industries like paper man…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
One of the greatest struggles of someone living a particular diet or lifestyle is the difficulty of finding foods which align with it. The question of whether or not specialty foods -- speci…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Lung cancer is an incredibly dangerous and deadly form of cancer without a consistent and inexpensive cure. Most lung cancer detection methods are expensive, complex, and detect the cancer a…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Voltammetry is a technique based on the application of potential to a working electrode immersed in an electrochemical cell. Depending on the applied potential, compounds in the cell may und…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Viral particles used in vaccines and viral therapies are often damaged due to the molecular movement of their storage solution and require storage at low temperatures to reduce the velocity…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Development of a Method Towards the Metabolic Monitoring of TCA Cycle Compounds Observed in Rat Urine Using NMR Spectroscopy Sai Sumedha Bobba James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama, Un…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
One of the most common health problems across the globe is the imbalance of hormones in the human body. However, although many suffer from such imbalances, most often, the affected people ca…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
There are two main types of HIV viruses, HIV-1 HIV-2. HIV-2 tends to progress slower than HIV-1 and it results in fewer deaths. This project was focused on testing a new category of novel Al…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
We noticed a strange oscillatory color change when observing the acid hydrolysis of potato starch using iodine. This change involved repeating deep and pale blue colors in the reaction sampl…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
When an oil well is drilled, water must be injected to provide easy access to the crude oil in the shale. After, when the oil is pumped, wastewater is produced. This wastewater must be treat…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Individuals who suffer from lactose intolerance are deficient in the digestive enzyme lactase, which breaks down lactose (sugar in dairy milk). So, they take the lactase enzyme supplement La…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common organic pollutants in water and well known for their persistence, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and toxicity. Motor oil from cars, insecticides,…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The most abused chemical, alcohol, has been linked to dementia and ischemic stroke, in which blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction is a common characteristic. The goal was to investigate if…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Background: Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) is characterized by profound memory loss. New models of treatment are needed since the prevailing amyloid hypothesis has not resulted in successful trea…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Fruits are a vital source of essential nutrients and vitamins in our diet and they attain full maturity during ripening. Currently, the application of artificial ripening agents has become w…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Arsenic is a carcinogenic contaminant that pollutes the groundwater, a consequence of poor arsenic disposal. Current arsenic separating agents have a limited adsorption capacity. To address…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Third Award
During circulation, red blood cells (RBCs) experience shear stress. While RBCs are mechanically robust, extreme flows may compromise the spectrin network and lipid bilayer, leading to hydrop…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
This experiment was designed to combat the problem of plastics staying in the environment for years and harming plant life. In order to make a biodegradable and edible plastic, an ingredient…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The experiment I conducted is about the fat content of various snack foods. The purpose of my experiment was to gain knowledge about the types of fats that snacks contain and to help educate…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Aragonite is known to give plastics stronger mechanical property and heat resisting property than calcite when it is used for fillers. If aragonite crystals larger than 1.0 mm are available,…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to see whether it is possible to extract water from the juice of watermelon. The first part of this experiment consisted of obtaining juice from a watermelo…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD4) is commonly found to be mutated in cancers, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders. MBD4, a base-excision repair enzyme…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Since mid-eighties of the past century, a huge number of microwave-assisted organic/organometallic/inorganic transformations have been published with a growing number in every year. It is we…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Antioxidants are vital in maintaining good health. They terminate chain reactions that produce free radicals. As a result, antioxidants help combat against diseases caused by oxidative stres…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The use of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in the past few years. With this, people have been exposed to the many dangers that come with using them. In this project, we tested for metal content…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Denaturing proteins is a process vital to many fields of biology such as pharmaceuticals, biosensing, and synthetic biology. In order to denature proteins, however, the proteins must be expo…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Imagine a magnet and the items that are attracted to it. It is likely that what you imagined was something solid, maybe a magnet on a refrigerator or picking up cars in a junkyard. In this e…