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ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Biosensors are of quintessential importance in optimizing industrial production of biomolecules such as antibiotics. Optical biosensors have therefore received considerable attention due to…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
The objective of the project was to create new nanostructural catalytic systems capable of effective electroreduction of oxygen, which can be used in the construction of low-temperature fuel…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Abstract Produced by traumatic brain injury such as concussions, free radicals cause many problems when released in the brain including memory loss, attention problems, depression, and disor…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
Insertion of a fluorine atom into organic molecules allows to increase their bioactivity. Nowadays 40% of all medicines contain in their structure one or more fluorine atoms. Particularly in…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Serum proteins can generally be a rich resource for the illness’ indication. They are invaluable resources to detect illnesses such as inflammation, cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, cardiovas…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacteremia and endocarditis with high mortality rate. Recent studies demonstrated that S. aureus quickly responds to each new antibiotic, even to…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Replication stress is one of the major sources of genomic instability in tumor cells. DNA replication is threatened by various obstacles which impede its progression and can lead to nascent…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
The opioid epidemic has reached alarming levels and was declared a national public health emergency. Use of street available opioids such as heroin have doubled and deaths from overdose have…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The objective of this research project is to define the optimal circadian rhythm, or length of night and day periods, of bioluminescent, or glowing, dinoflagellate algae for lengthening the…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
This project intent to determine the feasibility of making organic arch support out of plastics made from milk and vinegar mixture. The researchers hypothesized that if organic plastics be m…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Batteries are essential for electronic devices and contain highly toxic metals for health and the environment. When batteries are no longer useful, they are usually thrown away, ending up in…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
This experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the international protocols set forth by the World Health Organization regarding the protocols to identify pharmaceutical substances. Addit…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Common water treatments are not able to degrade it properly, causing a bioaccumulation in nature, animals and humans. Being a genotoxic contami…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Translesion DNA Synthesis (TLS) is of great importance, as it allows cells to complete DNA replication following DNA damage. Polymerase(eta) is a key polymerase involved in TLS across UV ind…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Thousands of chemical substances are synthesized and introduced to the science field every day. The hazardous properties for these chemicals need to be established before they are used. The…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The reason behind this experiment was to discover the identity of a material found in an old classroom. In order to accomplish this goal, we observed the physical characteristics of the meta…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The misprocessing of amyloid-ß precursor protein (APP) has been genetically linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a major causative factor for the disease. Cleavage of APP by ß-site APP clea…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The reception of new biologically active substances on the basis of Curcumin is a research work about the synthesis of unknown for scientific literature, improved property-having biologicall…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Medical professionals have struggled to develop delivery systems for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to mitigate inconsistent dosage and inconvenience from traditional forms of drug…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Worldwide, Pharmaceutical compounds, which pass through the human body, animals and pharmaceutical factories into sewage, are unaffected by wastewater treatment plants. Finally, Accumulated…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In "Seimikaiso", the first Japanese systematic chemistry book published in 1847, the author wrote that " When we mix diethyl ether with the Au solution (which means Au(III) solution), Au is…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Nowadays, a dry hydraulic mixture, such as cement is one of the common building materials, thus reducing production cost and minimizing negative environmental impact is a high priority for c…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Clays are minerals, usually aluminosilicates, characterized by a noticeable variety of structures and physical and chemical properties. Their relevance is not only limited to geology, as it…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
It is known that branching in aliphatic amines reduces their degradation in an organism by MAO enzymes. The main target of our project was to reveal the influence of carbon chain branching i…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising technology that utilizes radiotracers for producing detailed, 3D images of the body. The radiotracer studied in this project targets the SV2…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) produces useful fuels and chemicals for various commercial industries while combating climate change. The purpose of this experiment is to s…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Polymerization is the process by which building block molecules (monomers) are joined together to form a large chain or network. The chemical properties of a polymer are determined by the sp…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Slowing down of apoptosis, a biological process of programmed cell death, is believed to be the leading cause of cancer. Caspase-3 (Cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed protease) enzyme pla…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a highly lethal malignancy due to its late stage diagnosis and limited treatment options. Current treatment options are often counteracted by strong…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
More than 1 billion people in the world have some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world’s population. Between 110-190 million people have very significant difficulti…