When exposed to high stress levels, organisms tend to pass on certain phenotypic traits or tolerance levels to their offspring, sometimes through epigenetics. This experiment explores the ep…
This research investigates self-folding pre-strained polystyrene (PS) sheets into 3D devices that can grip and manipulate objects. Grippers are frequently used in robotics, particularly soft…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children in the United States. Current antiviral treatments exist, however with only modest sho…
Heart disease is a prevalent issue in the modern world, with 84 million people in the US alone that require regular checkups with clinicians. iCordisX aims to provide a personalized and data…
The goal of this study was to see if the Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling pathway (IIS pathway) is involved in the epigenetic memory of thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The IIS…
Anthrax is a vicious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While anthrax is a very rare disease within the United States, it is fairly common in agricultural regions. One of th…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
One in eleven people will have a form of diabetes during their lifetime (WHO, 2014). In 2012, diabetes and its life-threatening side effects costed 245 billion dollars in the United States (…
Energy and Transport (inferred)
The goal of this research was to improve the energy produced by a flexible solar cell. A focus was placed on using the ability of the flexible solar cell to conform to surfaces to see if the…
Every year, 500,000 people seek medical attention for burns in the United States. Of these, roughly 17% of deaths are caused by infections. The purpose of this experiment was to use hyaluron…
The majority of Western nations are living on unhealthy diets with high amounts of sugar and few nutrients. This diet, coupled with a lack of exercise, is associated with higher incidences o…
Batteries are a critical component of our everyday lives and provide compact energy anywhere. However, they have many key limitations that restrict their full potential (life, eco-friendline…
Herbal remedies have been used to treat parasitic worm infections. Lady’s-slipper roots (LSR) as well as black walnut hull extract (juglone) are herbal remedies for roundworm infection. This…
There are growing concerns about the health and environmental effects of chemical pesticides used to control mosquito populations and the increasing resistance of mosquitoes to pesticides. E…
Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by an extremely low quality of life and the deterioration of normal bodily and muscular functions including movement, memory, balance, breathing…
Freeze casting, the controlled unidirectional solidification of water-based solutions and slurries, is a new technique for the fabrication of tissue scaffolds with highly aligned porosity an…
Animal Sciences (inferred)
There is an increasing amount of evidence showing that the microbiome is a contributor to both immune and stress responses in a variety of organisms. One of these organisms is the nematode C…
The prescription drug epidemic is skyrocketing due to their addictive qualities. Using the Flesch Reading Ease Number and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Number of a specific prescription drug, o…
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are aquatic contaminants that have been detected in surface water globally. However, their aquatic toxicity, especially in complex mixtures…
The neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin play important roles in animal nervous system function. Abnormal dopamine and serotonin signaling results in a variety of diseases and disorders,…
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, especially to extract oil or gas. When water is shot into these f…
Sensory gating, the process in which the brain filters out irrelevant stimuli, was assessed for N100 and P50, two evoked auditory potential waves appearing approximately 100 and 50 milliseco…
Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the developed world. The two different types of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, are functionally different…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Optical monitoring of muscle hemodynamics in humans after exercise Shubhecchha Dhaurali Medford High School 12thGrade Goal: Use Near-infrared spectroscopy to study calf muscle hemodynamics d…
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Microalgal photobioreactors are among the most effective systems for capturing atmospheric CO2. Their capacity to generate massive amounts of hydrocarbon in biomass could be exploited not on…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among American women, in large part due to failure to diagnose the disease before it has spread to other organs. Recently, a change…
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Drought adversely affects society with environmental, economic, and social impacts. By improving soil water deficiency, these harmful effects can be reduced. Pectin is a soluble gelatinous p…
The overuse of antibiotics in many aspects of daily life - from household cleaners to hand soaps - has ushered in a wave of resistance to antibiotics that have been successful for decades. R…
The overall goal of our research is to understand processes of molecular adaptation in diverse populations that experience exposure to varied abiotic stressors. Specifically we are intereste…
Organ transplantation is facing a number of increasingly worrisome problems. Organ shortage threatens an increase in waitlisted patient’s mortality. Incompatibility and immunosuppressive com…
We present analysis of a novel tool for protein secondary structure prediction using the recently-investigated Neural Machine Translation frame-work. The tool provides a fast and accurate fo…