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ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
What if people could naturally purify the air in and around their homes? Instead of using filters, and harsh chemicals, people could grow small moss gardens in their homes to rid the air of…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Studying octopus arm movement is important for behavioral and motor control research as octopuses use their arms to capture prey, mate, fight, hide from predators, and complete tasks in expe…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The ambition for our research was to test out if the at home monitoring device is reliable as the market advertiser's it to be. Many people around the world suffer from chronic joint pain wh…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Have you ever played Rock, Paper, Scissors, it’s a very elementary game often used to make a quick decision. “Who has to do the dishes?” or “Who gets to eat the last cookie?”. But can you wi…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As global life expectancy improves, the population of the elderly, persons that are aged 65 years and older, is steadily increasing as well. However, with aging populations a greater prevale…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Water from the naturally carbonated springs in Soda Springs, Idaho, is commonly believed to be safe for human consumption. Using samples from a variety of carbonated and non-carbonated sprin…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Carbon dioxide is one of the most controversial atmospheric gasses due to its greenhouse effect on global climate. There are many discussions and agreements about how to reduce the productio…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
From helping solve mass murder cases to low level crimes, fingerprints are an invaluable forensic tool. Improving the current methods of fingerprint detection is important to help increase t…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
CS-M: Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease (CVDs) with Heart Sounds. CVDs are the number 1 cause of mortality worldwide and claim more than 17.9 million lives annually. But 80% of these mortali…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
As the second leading cause of death, cancer has negatively impacted the lives of millions across the globe both directly and indirectly. In this study, we propose targeting the CaSR (calciu…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have been spreading throughout the environment, are being incorporated into food webs and are even found in humans. It is critical that there is a system to remove microplastic…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recently, the number of single-person households and nuclear families raising pets are increasing. In addition, while the number of pet supply stores and veterinarians on the streets increas…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cocaine addiction is an issue that affects more than 5 million people in America per year. Despite past progress in cocaine addiction research, there are many specific questions left unanswe…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study aimed to develop a device and mobile app for providing comprehensive automatic treatment for spastic quadriplegia, the most severe form of cerebral palsy that requires early inter…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to understand the molecular mechanisms behind aging. Currently, scientists have utilized the thoroughly annotated genomes of model organisms…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogenic bacterium associated with multi-drug resistant nosocomial infection that has been classified as an urgent threat by the CDC. Phage therapy is promisin…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Plastics are not biodegradable and are used at an alarming rate. They carry an enormous amount of environmental pollution. Nanoplastics that result from these plastics endanger marine life a…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Fourth Award
DNA looping is a method of gene regulation that plays an important role in controlling transcription. Research has shown that DNA looping occurs as a method of gene regulation when transcrip…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), commonly known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis, infects approximately 95% of the adult human population worldwide (Bjornevik et al., 2022). Recently, EBV i…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Hyperinflammation is the most severe clinical phase of Covid-19 disease and is characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs, which facilitates microthrombus formation, eventually leadin…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is an aggressive and life-changing disease affecting ~55,000 patients in the United States yearly. Treatment of this cancer involves radical surge…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
With the development of third world countries entering the technological space, E-waste is continuing to grow as a worldwide problem, and thus figuring out how to properly separate base mate…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, compromising the ability of over 750 million individuals to navigate their lives aid-free, yet current management options remain la…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Artificial photosynthesis is the process of turning sunlight and CO2 into chemical products. This is especially desirable due to the ability for carbon neutral fuel and scalable carbon dioxi…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Fruit with good-quality means fruit with appropriate sugar contents and fine texture. Among a variety of fruits, watermelon has a special method of sortation. It is believed that we can sort…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In this study, investigated the efficacy of using machine learning algorithms to annotate images of coral reefs in Hawaii, with a particular focus on two coral species, Pocillopora and Porit…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Correlations between central black hole (BH) mass and certain physical properties of their host galaxies suggest BH feedback may have substantial impacts on galactic evolution. However, a la…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contributions to the advancement of technology for the betterment of our health will be a key component in allowing us humans to improve our quality of life and improve overall longevity. Th…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Multiple sclerosis is a disease where the immune system attacks nerve fibers, causing communication problems between the brain and the body, affecting over 2.3 million people worldwide. Some…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder that affects 1% of the population and is characterized by alterations in cognitive function, acquisition and expression of behaviors not seen in hea…