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ISEF · 2014
Microbiology First Award
Young supernova remnants (YSNRs) are possible sites of cosmic-ray (CR) acceleration, thanks to which the CRs were observed to reach energies as high as 10e15 eV. However, such acceleration c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Asteroid orbits are subject to chaos theory, that is, extremely sensitive to initial conditions. Because of this, it is critical to obtain both accuracy and high precision when generating th…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Bacterial antibiotic resistance has become a concern following this class of drugs’ widespread adoption and subsequent misuse. New methods to eradicate bacteria must be discovered and perfec…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) theory for dark matter predicts the production of gamma radiation from WIMP annihilation and decay. To examine the possibility of WIMP dark mat…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
This project focuses on predicting the strength of solar flares based on sunspot characteristics. It was hypothesized that the probability of generating an intense solar flare within a sunsp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Detection of disease in humans is primarily based upon symptoms an individual may experience. New research suggests that monitoring the oral microbiome for changes in the normal flora could…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Abstract Ralstonia metallidurans to produce gold alongside other rare metals The Ralstonia metallidurans is a gram negative bacteria that lives in metallic environment in order to produce go…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation is to relate the flow of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) in the occurrence of Tropical Cyclones (TC) through the formation of clouds in the lower atmosphere. Gal…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Asteroid taxonomy is the classification of asteroids on the basis of the shape of their emission spectrum and their color. These properties are believed to correspond with the surface compos…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a strand of Staph that has developed into a superbug that affects 500,000 patients in American hospitals annually. To help decrease this statistic the spreading of t…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Noting the difficulty of locating a celestial body during an astronomical observation I developed a device capable of pointing an average power green laser for a chosen star, which was selec…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The study of Dark Matter in galaxies generates new knowledge about the formation of the Universe. Some research works have found that inside Early Type Galaxies (ETGs) there can be up to 30%…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae are considered as significant wound pathogens and produce a large number of enzymes and toxins which are involved in pathogenic processes i…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Invasive infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus causes life-threatening diseases, including pneumonia and sepsis, a full-body inflammatory response. Currently, antibiotics such as…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology First Award
Acintobacter baylyi, a gram-negative soil bacterium, is highly competent for natural transformation and exhibits twitching motility. It was previously observed that the addition of DNase (a…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
With the first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet in 1992, searches for planets revolving around stars outside our solar system increased dramatically due to the success of new detection an…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a common model organism of aging. The lifespan of S. cerevisiae is termed replicative lifespan (RLS), which is the total number of daughters being p…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
As the redshift of a quasi-stellar object (QSO) increases, the velocity and distance of the QSO increases. Based on this fact, it was hypothesized that when plotting the intrinsic colors of…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
By doing quick measurements of the growth of simple Prokaryote bacteria, it should be possible to estimate the relative genome size. This is possible by a simple estimation of the growth rat…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Asteroids that are larger than 200 meters are usually rubble piles, consisting of rocks and ice held together by gravity. If they rotate faster than about ten times per day, they will spin a…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Tidal lock is a phenomenon that gravitationally “locks” the orientation of an orbiting body toward the other body. A good example is the Moon facing the Earth always with the same face. Moon…