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ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The inefficient treatment of thousands of diseases contributes to the need for a quick and cost-efficient alternative to current drug discovery methods. Drug development is extremely time-co…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see what type of saddle pad will keep the least amount of pressure on the horse’s back. A saddle pad should distribute uniform pressure from the saddle a…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
There is a rising popularity and interest in domestic aerial delivery as well as the idea of space capsules that rely on propellors. Therefore, the autorotation of maple samara seeds can be…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Carbon dioxide (CO2) has gained importance in the last decade; large quantities of this toxic gas are stored in the atmosphere, altering the daily life of people and contributing to global w…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
The project differs not only from the scientific side, but also from the social broadcasting point of view. The number e is widely used in mathematics. I have researched all possible context…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
In the recent decades, oil spill pollution has become a prevalent issue due to its adverse environmental effects. Current cleanup procedures while effective, aren’t environmentally sustainab…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Kenya’s third leading cause of death is diarrheal diseases that are contracted through contact with E.coli contaminated surfaces. The purpose of the experiment was to find a material that is…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Today, dye effluents produced by textile industries contribute to approximately 20% of the world’s water pollution. Due to the costly and complicated dye removal process involved in conventi…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cyanobacteria are one of the most primitive organisms to exist on Earth, catalyzing the shift in Earth’s atmosphere from carbon dioxide rich to oxygen rich. Cyanobacteria are able to perform…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Electricity access in homes is crucial to a modern-day standard of living, but harnessing energy efficiently from sustainable sources remains challenging. Due to the complexity and price of…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The world is facing a crisis as the ozone layer thins and allows more UV rays to pass through. Specifically, as of 2019, all UVC (? = 100-280 nm) is absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere, and the U…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The importance of dry skin and moisturization is evident in its impact on skin health and quality of life, particularly in dry and low humid environments like Colorado. Moisturization is ess…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Purpose of the project: The purpose was to find a powdered chemical compound that was a respectable electrical insulator to replace other more traditional insulators. The powders are to be n…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The use of renewable energy sources is growing globally, but the storage of this energy remains a major challenge. Traditional Methods rely on non-renewable energy. To address this issue, a…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
The unnecessary use of wood is a problem everywhere in the world. It’s caused by the carelessness of people or bad inventory in warehouses. Because of that, we think that a thorough registry…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fertilizer runoff is a biohazard that impacts many freshwater ecosystems and has become increasingly detrimental in recent years. Lakes have experienced high rates of eutrophication resultin…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Fall armyworms(FAW) cause around 500 million dollars in economic damage each year in the U.S., and pesticidal treatments are becoming increasingly ineffective. Meanwhile, management solution…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
This project’s purpose was to measure how much the addition of compost in soil would affect the growth of Capsicum annuum. Compost boosts plant growth by adding vital nutrients to soil. Comp…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Aging is a process involving dynamic changes to the living body over time. From a biological standpoint, it relies on various molecular and cellular factors typically dependent on the enviro…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Confirmation bias is a subconscious bias in which people selectively search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms their pre-existing beliefs. The purpose of my rese…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cord blood (CB) hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are the most promising source for therapy purposes. Such cells are highly proliferative, have low immune reactivity and a lower risk of graft-v…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
Enzymes, known informally as the workhorses of the cell, are proteins that quicken chemical reactions. Traditional research on improving enzyme efficiency focuses on the active site or bindi…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Sedimentary rock layers found in eastern Pennsylvania, including Berks County, are known to have uranium deposits. Radon-222 is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is a daughter eleme…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Despite their discovery now dating over 50 years ago, and the great deal of observations we have collected in that time, there is still little we understand about the causes of a pulsar’s gr…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Collatz Conjecture was created in the 1930s by Lothar Collatz and has perplexed mathematicians for almost a century. The Collatz problem is an iteration of n/2, when n is even, and 3x+1, whe…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
In the diverse landscape of robotic applications, there has been limited research on robots capable of navigating under stick structures, despite their critical importance in high-risk envir…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Peanuts are an important oil and food crop. The calcium essential to pod growth and peanut productivity is obtained mainly via roots, so root growth is of key importance. Research has shown…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The growing demand for patient organs has revealed 3D bio-printing as a potential solution for the global organ shortage. However, a deeper fundamental understanding of vascularization is re…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Trans Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are objects at least 30 astronomical units (AU) away from the Sun. The distance and primitivity of TNOs allow them to preserve data from the infant solar syste…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Systems of polynomial equations are of fundamental importance to mathematics, and have been applied to numerous areas, including physical problems, chemical reactions, robotics, communicatio…