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ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
MicroRNAs, an abundant class of small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, have emerged as integral components of the oncogenic and tumor…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Mycobacteriophages are viruses that kill bacteria. Nanoparticles can be used to increase the rate at which phages infect bacteria. This quality can be affected by the temperature at which th…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
A major problem in today’s society, specifically in developing countries, is accessing sanitary drinking water. Over 780 million people are without safe drinking water. One main cause of thi…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Major components of the brain Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) may provide new modes of therapy for impaired neurons. AngiotensinII via its receptors, AT1 and AT2, induces proliferation and di…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Nobel Prize winner Ilia Mechnikof said that the dependence of the intestinal microbes on the food makes it possible to adopt measures to modify the flora in our bodies and to replace the har…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Triclosan™ is a widely utilized chemical antimicrobial used to combat a wide range of pathogenic microbes; however, it’s use may cause environmental issues including the creation of dioxins…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Iridium-based oxides have become a fertile ground for novel physics driven by strong spin-orbit coupling. Among them, honeycomb lattices Na2IrO3 and Li2IrO3 have drawn a great deal of attent…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Given a number x, we consider the dynamic system x goes to x(g^x) mod (p^n), also known as the Discrete Lambert. In this equation, all variables are known other than x. The Discrete Lambert…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Similar to describing any particular color in the visible spectrum in terms of three primary colors, in a recently published medical article, scientists argued that any particular smell is c…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In my work I present a research conducted with the purpose of improving the platinum based catalysts for hydrogen fuel cell. In my research, I performed series of measurements to determine t…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Transparent conductors are widely needed for products such as smart phones and computer mouse pads. The material currently used, Indium Tin Oxide, is expensive, brittle, and potentially shor…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Black mold can grow in houses and is extremely dangerous to humans. The purpose of my project was to find the best household remedies to remove black mold. I tested 8 different solutions to…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
?This experiment's purpose was to elucidate mechanisms of the interaction between AB toxins (responsible for cholera, pertussis, ricin, etc.) and host protein, protein disulfide isomerase (P…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Multiplex automated genome engineering (MAGE) is a versatile tool for efficient genome-wide genetic modification. Serious limitations of MAGE's applicability include high cell death rate and…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In China, most people eat with chopsticks. In spring and summer, chopsticks often go moldy at home.In my experiments, the microbes were scraped from the bamboo chopsticks with black spots, t…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a pathogenic bacteria that can lead to serious complications or even death. With the increase in MRSA infections in recent years, its pr…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Tonnes of chicken feather and goat hair wastes are being produced by the slaughter houses and leather industry. These cause a huge problem in the present scenario and the management of the s…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The interaction between light and absorbing medium inside an optical cavity is of interest especially within the field of photovoltaics, where optimized capture of solar energy is desired. O…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The aim of my work is to study the matrix generalizations of the well-known Euler function. Recall, that the Euler function maps natural number m to a number of invertible elements from set…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
We investigated the growth of mould fungus on button mushrooms under different storage conditions. Interestingly, we found that improper storage of button mushrooms lead to increasing rates…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The main goal of this project is to answer the question: How mitochondria of Candida albicans adapt and modulate the fungi adaptation to sudden chances in growth conditions associated to the…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This experiment tested whether the muon count is altered by changing the conditions between counter scintillators, with the purpose of determining if applied fields could cause any deflectio…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The Euclidean Algorithm is a method in finding the greatest common divisor of two integers efficiently, I have decided to observe the running time of the algorithm and create a Euclidean Alg…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Solar spectral losses account for 50+% of efficiency loss in conventional solar panels, due to inherent conflict between maximizing quantity of photons absorbed and energy obtained from each…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
HIV causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries that cannot provide healthcare to its citizens. The most efficient and cost-effective preventativ…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Barnette's conjecture states that every cubic, planar, 3-connected, bipartite (Barnette) graph is Hamiltonian. The conjecture is a famous unsolved problem in the field of graph theory. Due t…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Given a bipartite graph, let us pick an acyclic orientation of its edges. Then, if we consider the partially ordered set (poset) induced by this orientation, the number of linear extensions…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Every single branch of science has its origins in math. Of all the mathematical concepts, exponents constitute one of the most fundamental and useful tools. This purpose of this project is t…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A technique called piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) was used to non-destructively image and dimension conductive nanostructures created at the interface between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. Compar…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Plastics are indispensable in our daily lives, and are currently made from fossil resources. Due to the environmental problems and global warming, however, they need to be produced from rene…