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ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Second Award
The number of masks in the USA is about 7.4 billion, which leads to 84 million kilograms of waste. This waste seeps into the environment and takes over 400 years to degrade. There are a few…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Plasmonic photocatalysts attract interest because they can efficiently absorb and convert solar energy through the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect. Numerous silver-based plasmo…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Microplastics (MPs) are plastic particles <5 mm that have increasingly adverse effects on practically all aspects of the environment. Solvent dyes are contaminants to waterways through texti…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Second Award
About 51 trillion microplastics (< 5mm size), which are proven to be harmful to living organisms, are present in water bodies worldwide. Filters, membranes, and nets, currently used to captu…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Oxygen is essential for all lives on earth. It generally takes too long for seedlings to mature enough to produce significant oxygen through photosynthesis. Meanwhile, portable electricity i…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
The purpose of this research is to establish an environmentally friendly process for manufacturing transparent wood. I focused on improvements of the method described in the paper published…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
With impending lunar settlement, atmospheric CO2 concentration should be examined to observe the effects on the growth of plants for food production. The purpose of this experiment is to dis…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
The microfluidic paper chip method has been an effective method to detect nitrite content in recent years, and the drawing technique is an important method to produce it. This project, aimin…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Third Award
Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the irreversible decline of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that regulates the nigrostriatal neuromodulatory system, which results in the rise of dysfunc…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthesized chemical used in the coating of thermal paper for inkless printing, such as in supermarket receipts. It is a known endocrine disruptor linked to heart dise…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Accelerated urbanization has increased wastewater through heavy metal contamination. This investigation aimed to deter contamination by implementing biosand filtration in conjunction with op…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Third Award
Chemical Insecticides have done immense damage to the core of environmental systems. The alternatives present in the market are unaffordable or inaccessible to the marginal farmer, In search…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Bombyx mori silkworm cocoons can be used to make both silk fabrics and silk protein materials. However, there is only one classification standard for silkworm cocoons so far. This classifica…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Synthesis and efficient implementation mRNA strands has been shown to have wide utility, especially recently in the development of COVID vaccines. However, the intrinsic chemical stability o…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Synthetic textile dyes have been one of the largest contributors to global pollution, resulting in wastewater with toxic chemicals and lower levels of dissolved oxygen in bodies of water nea…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are expansions of the aorta characterized by enzymatic breakdown of wall elastic fiber structures, causing weakening & fatal rupture. Current management inv…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
This project is an accurate representation of the process of obtaining fuel from oil and biogas from organic plant materials. I asked how the amount of starch in potatoes and other starchy c…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
This project aims to study the biotechnological potential of four oilseed species from the Brazilian Cerrado, regarding the biometric parameters of the fruits, as well as their oil, pulp and…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Brewer’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains S288C, W303 and BY4741 auxotropic for biotin were studied for their growth kinetics and biotin consumption parameters, as well as the number o…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera R.) is an invasive neophyte. I noticed that the leaves of Himalayan Balsam were spotless, while insects had massively damaged the neighboring vegetat…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Activation of C-H bonds is at the center of chemical transformations of hydrocarbons, which are primary products of the petroleum industry. However, efficient C-H bond activation remains an…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Calcium Carbonate [CaCO3] is a commonly found chemical compound that has the ability to be transformed into a substance that will readily absorb Carbon Dioxide [CO2] from ambient air and fre…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Fourth Award
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a staple crop with a total worldwide production of 298.8 million tons in 2020. However, its peel waste creates detrimental sanitation and environmental problem…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Third Award
Sorghum bicolor and Panicum virgatum are widely grown crops. Lignin, synthesized in the monolignol pathway, prevents easy access to cellulose. Reducing lignin is necessary for these crops to…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Casein-based plastics could be a solution to the petroleum-based plastics that are plaguing the world. Using renewable and common monomers that are renewable and available around the world,…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Agricultural fertilizer runoff contains high phosphorus concentrations, which directly correlates with eutrophication and, ultimately, has an adverse effect on ecosystems and organisms. Ofte…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is currently the sixth leading cause of death. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only approved six AD drugs, all of which are associated with severe side ef…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Third Award
Macrocycles are increasingly studied in supramolecular host-guest chemistry due, in part, to their molecular recognition and binding capabilities. Herein, a computational study which employe…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Second Award
HIV affects millions of people globally. Due to the high mutation rate of HIV, it is important that novel drugs are constantly found to combat new strains. NNRTIs are allosteric inhibitors t…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Infinitely many metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be made by combining nodes and organic linkers. As of now, 90,000 MOFs have been successfully synthesized and over 500,000 predicted.The p…