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ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Many smokers believe the concept that e-cigarettes are a healthy alternative for the otherwise prejudicial cigarettes. Although they are not as harsh as traditional cigarettes, these perilou…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a locomotor disease characterized by toxic aggregation of the protein a-syn in neurons. In recent research, mice with a PD-causing mutation failed to exhibit dise…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Our experiment is to measure the correlation between the effects of magnetic fields on Rhizochlonium Algae growth to potentially increase the efficiency of Algae biofuel production. 25 grams…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
In recent years, the "oil boom" in rural Western North Dakota has caused traffic on unpaved gravel roads to increase dramatically. Road dust is known to cause metabolic and oxidative stress…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Oceans make up seventy percent of our world, containing the most diverse ecosystems. The ocean also serves as a gigantic carbon ‘sponge’, absorbing humanities excess carbon dioxide. At the c…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Currently, there is minimal research published on the use of Controlled Internal Drug Releases, CIDRs, and Progesterone Gonadotrophin 600, P.G. 600, and their effects on reproduction success…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Concrete accounts for up to 8% of worldwide CO2 emissions. Alkali-activated cement (AAC) is an environmentally sustainable alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and can reduce OPC CO…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The topic of this investigation is "Effects of the Hartmann Lines in the Cultivation of Phaseolus vulgaris ". The problem in question was, "What effects do the Hartmann lines cause in the cu…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are an essential part of agriculture, pollinating 90 commercially grown crops accounting for $15 billion of the US economy in 2014. Honey bee populations are decl…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Honeybees apis mellifera are an essential part of global crop production and are responsible for $200 B annually, but honeybee colonies are suffering major losses. Varroa mites (varroa destr…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
10,000 of all known human diseases are monogenic, caused by a single mutation in the DNA. Scientists have tried developing the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) and Transcription Activator-like Eff…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Purpose Claus Process is renowned for treating hydrogen sulfide, a toxic substance that is very dangerous to human causing bronchial, heart diseases, or even death when exposed to a high con…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Purpose: Given a prime p and polynomial f, how many pairs (x,y) are there such that y^a-x^b*f(x) is a multiple of p? Equivalently, how many rational points lie on a superelliptic curve? Answ…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern. In this study, sustainable nanofiber coagulants were synthesized to remove heavy metals lead, cadmi…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Elasmobranchs - commonly known as sharks, skates, and rays - are known to possess highly acute olfactory sensitivity, with large variation of the morphological structures across all species.…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Modern high bypass turbofan jet engines pollute the air and their optimal speed and altitude is fixed because of engine physics and economy. We propose using an electric motor paired with a…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
There is concern with respect to cars as producing environment contamination. This has led to the creation of hybrid cars also known as "sustainable cars". Is it possible to use the electroc…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
When most people hear the word electromagnets, they instantly think of a magnet created with electricity. This has had practical applications as strong magnets able to be turned on or off wh…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
In this project, the planaria's actions towards a magnetic field is being tested.I believe that this is very important because this could lead to a discovery in a sensory neuron in aquatic a…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
My project is an innovative cloud-based operating system, that is fully compatible with Windows/Android/Linux and can run either on your real machine as a host operating system or in your br…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Escherichia coli O104:H4 is an enteroaggregative/shiga-toxin (Stx) producing strain and the cause of many fatal diseases. Recent literature identified a direct correlation between expression…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The RE-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) is a central transcriptional repressor that regulates a wide range of neural genes. REST is highly conserved among vertebrates and modulates pr…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Whenever disasters take place, it is literally difficult to design a strategy for goods distribution. It is believed that the effective strategy should yields equality, where disaster victim…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show great potential as sensors and optoelectronic devices. To enhance their potential, methods to functionalize TMDs’ fluorescence properties are of…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The overuse of substances with antibacterial and antifungal properties cause drugs to lose their efficiency because of the resistance that microorganisms started to develop. By using the Jug…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
We created an encryption software for encryption of personal files. We started our work with online questionnaire so we could have base requirements for our software. At the same time we stu…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Our purpose is to produce high security encryption algorithms by using the irregularity of decimal expansions. Different from other methods, we make use of the irregularity of irrational num…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
An “Energy Saving SwimFin” was developed aiming to increase propelling speed while reducing energy consumption and decreasing load on the feet. Developing a model system comprised of a minia…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Fertilizers containing nitrogen continue to be an integral aspect of the farming economy in the Midwest. Excess run-off of nitrates has become an environmental hazard. When the growth of alg…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Goal: To build a practical device capable of improving my vision by directing a controlled level of light into the eye (i.e. photoactivation.) Problem/Background: I have multiple eye conditi…