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ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Marine pollution of microplastics has been a problem, but it has been receiving more attention as a serious environmental issue recently since it was included in the UNEP's international env…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The title of my project is called “Caffeine and Heart Rate: Using Daphnia Magna”. In this project, water fleas (Daphnia magna), a semi-transparent freshwater crustacean, are used to study th…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
In our society today the adverse effects of climate change brought about by the release of green house gases such as carbon (IV) oxide are already being felt. Carbon (IV) oxide electro-reduc…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Chagas is a South American disease induced by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. With 8 million patients every year, Chagas presents with mild symptoms in the acute stage, followed by heart fai…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Iron oxide is especially promising as they show high heavy metal adsorption capacity. However, the high cost of iron oxide makes it difficult to be widely used in developing countries. There…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
The mid-infrared (mid-IR) range on the electromagnetic spectrum is a crucial band for numerous industrial applications of cameras ranging from biomedical sensing to free-space communication.…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
The conversion of sunlight into heat is an effective way to utilize solar energy. PCM’s, such as waxes or fatty acids, are able to store heat at high temperatures and release heat at lower t…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
The transition metals exhibit various colors due to the absorption of certain wavelength of photons by electrons when they are jumping from lower to higher energy level in the d orbit. The v…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The ability of communication is extremely important among animals, and the way of communication is different across species. Although the communication of higher organisms has been extensive…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Thermochromic dyes find applications in fields like material processing and studying of thermal phenomena. I hypothesized that materials based on alkylammonium salts of transition metals, wh…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Targeting DNA is a viable solution to treating cancer. Although many DNA intercalators are effective, they have deleterious effects on DNA structure and negative side effects for the patient…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Currently, there are some ways cancer is clinically treated but most methods have adverse effects. A way that cancer is commonly treated is by using chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemotherapy work…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Lithium-Ion Batteries used in electric vehicles today are expensive, toxic to the environment and take a long time to recharge. Supercapacitor is considered as an alternate, inexpensive, and…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Poly(vinyl alcohol)-sodium borate hydrogels are promising candidates for controlled drug delivery because they are pH-responsive and biocompatible. However, they have weak single network str…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), characterized by their porous, three-dimensional crystalline structure created by repeated organic linkers and inorganic nodes, have recently been introduced…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
he purpose of this study is to synthesize stable water-soluble perovskite quantum dots and to use their highly luminescent properties to detect cancer. Despite recent progress in breast canc…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
The basis of this project relies on the fundamental properties of pyrolysis and its application to create bio-oil, bio-char, and syngas from repurposed plastic resins.The benefit of using th…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
In this research, we present an eco-friendly hanji-based disposable bag. We placed hanji immersed in alginate solution on the flat board to coat the paper with gel by spraying calcium soluti…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
There are two themes in this research. Theme 1 is "a parallel measurement of temperature and the absorbance of chemical reactions accompanied by discoloration", and theme 2 is "simple and ac…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
My project is called the direct conversion of biomass carbohydrates to platform molecules. Hydroxymethylfurfurals and furfurals are promising platform molecules which can be converted to fue…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
As the demand for plastics increases, plastic pollution increases as well. Plastic pollution has been shown to have deleterious effects on marine life, the environment, and human health. In…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Saccharides, a widely used major energy source for humans, turn brown when exposed to high temperatures, such as during cooking. The brown color is in part due to caramelization, a reaction…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to create a better transfection rate and produce better efficiency and yield so more cells can be studied through the transfection. Six 2mm dishes were treate…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The chemotherapeutic, hydroxyurea (HU), is an antimetabolite drug generally used to treat chronic myelocytic leukemia as well as HIV and sickle cell anemia. Although initial hydroxyurea ther…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Excessive glutamate release in the brain leads to neuronal death in severe neurological diseases of ischemic stroke, while glutamate levels in cerebrospinal fluid are more favorable for refl…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a pivotal process for green-energy technologies involved in overall water splitting. One of the biggest challenges for HER is to have low-cost, abundant,…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
This project designs the manufacturing and polymerization process for synthesizing filament in fused deposition modeling. The purpose was to enhance the flame-retardant properties of polylac…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues in the world due to low-recycling rates. In this study, I developed a general recycling method, Liquid Floating Pro…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which comestibles, increased a daphnid’s heart rate the most. The independent variables were chosen to have equal numbers of stimulants and de…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Every day, ~5000 children die due to lack of clean water. Clean and potable water access is a human right and a pillar of the United Nations’ Sustainability Goals. Photocatalytic technologie…