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ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Pediatric Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the most common cancers among infants, with 90% of its cases occurring in children under the age of five and only 50% of youth with high-risk NB surviv…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Second Award
Depression is a mental health disorder that affects over 280 million people worldwide and negatively impacts mood, energy, and productivity. Despite its prevalence, misdiagnosis rates reach…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
NASA has near-term plans to return to the moon with the intention of creating a permanent colony - they call it The Artemis Project. Creating a suitable building material using only the reso…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
When moving autonomously, robots struggle to move to an exact target position, usually overshooting the goal. This is because it is impossible to infinitely decelerate (or stop immediately).…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The project is addressed to people with below-the-knee amputation and aims to replace the missing leg, fully taking over its functions of pivoting, propelling, maintaining balance and preven…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Bone defect repair following trauma, tissue resection, or congenital abnormalities has posed a challenge for patients around the world. While bones have inherent renewal abilities, the repai…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In recent years the Indian River Lagoon has suffered from increasingly high accumulation of muck, which settles along the bottom of the estuary. The addition of artificial inlets has been pr…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Aging is the most important risk factor associated with many diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. While many studies focused on the prediction of aging cross-sectionally, few met…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Several breast cancer patients develop resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family of drug transporters have been hypothesized to be potentially involve…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Most current forms of radiation shielding use heavy metals, toxic chemicals, or are expensive to implement, making maintenance costly, difficult, and dangerous. However, due to recent develo…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
A song's backbone is its chord progressions, a series of chords that improve the harmony and add to the overall composition. For individuals ranging from beginners to creative artists, compr…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Food production heavily relies on pesticides, which can be harmful to both the environment and human health. Sustainable alternatives such as nanoemulsions made from essential oils have been…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
We will be solving the problem of the amount of solar energy not being collected, by designing and building an effective and affordable dual axis solar tracker. The purpose of this project i…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
How has the intersection of nationalities and climate impacted the spread of Neglected Infectious Disease (NID) in Yunnan, China? By focusing on the prevalence of dengue viruses (DENV) and t…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Food safety and quality are two factors that are taking into consideration by the food authorities. Food preservatives are employed to ensure safety and to avoid quality disturbance happened…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
It is imperative to know what to do when you contract a bacterial infection such as an E. coli infection. Millions die every year from bacterial infections and grow resistant to antibiotics…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the FBN1 gene. No efficient ways exist to screen for the inherited gene, so diagnosis of MFS is primarily clinica…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a type of cancer that originates in the kidneys and is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. It can be classified into several subtypes, including cl…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering First Award
Implementation of carbon capture & storage (CCS) is vital for alleviating detriments from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, all current processes are deemed ineffective due to ineffic…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Neuroendoscopy paired with external ventricular drainage consistently produces a higher positive patient prognosis in children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (T2N1M1) who developed an…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder contributing to 60–80 % of cases of dementia worldwide, with no effective treatment so far. Alongside the amyloid-beta…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that affects 18 million individuals worldwide. The debilitating condition leaves patients with severely impaired mobility due to spasticity or…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurodegenerative disorder is a wide range of conditions that results from progressive function loss or death of the nerve cells in the nervous system. Many studies confirmed that toluene, a…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Green hydrogen is a global need for its emergence as a sustainable, clean, and renewable source of energy. Photoelectrochemical water splitting is one technique for producing green hydrogen.…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if a hardy rootstock system may be grafted with a productive branch scion to form a productive hybrid. Russian Olive trees are known to be very s…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma(GBM) is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in adults. Despite medical advancements, the continued shortfall of many treatments such as Temozolomide, alongs…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Various investigations propose a misconception of algebra, leading students to resolve problems in a deficient and careless way. Algebraic exercises constitute the basis for problem solving,…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a global threat for public health. The resistant forms of pathogenic microorganisms develop due to the uncontrolled use of antibiotics. So, the synthes…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Saoto-Kikigane: "Trivial sound-listening metal" is a metal plate used by ninjas (Japanese spies in the Edo period (1603–1868) for spying. Ninjas used the Saoto-Kikigane to attenuate high-pit…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Detecting cancer in blood enables diagnostic before symptoms develop. I developed a diagnostic model based on an Ovarian Cancer Dataset for improved performance from a previous 4-microRNA mo…