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ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Pharmaceutical pollution poses a growing environmental concern, and Metformin, the fourth most prescribed pharmaceutical in the U.S., is a significant contributor. Despite effective removal…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
The escalating urbanization and proliferation of artificial light at night (ALAN) represent significant ecological stressors impacting nocturnal organisms globally. Moths, as prominent noctu…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Effective biosecurity measures are critical for preventing the spread of infectious diseases in agricultural settings, particularly in on-farm veterinary care where the potential for disease…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Dengue virus (DENV-III) has been declared an epidemic in many Southeastern Asian and Eastern African nations; its highest incidence rate is in Bangladesh. Bangladesh set the precedent for en…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
As CPUs and other processing chips have gotten more powerful, so too has their need for energy and the amount of heat that they produce. It is because of this fact that researching how to ke…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Several studies have shown that hydroelectric generation systems using an undershot water wheel can reach an efficiency of around 65%; however, making these generation systems out of Fused D…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Every week, at least 2 rangers lose their lives globally due to patrolling in forests. This forces them to face deadly threats from every direction, including traps, wildfires, and fighting…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The heavy metals lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) cause an alarming combination of environmental and health problems (Zheng ,2023). Using the Eichhornia crassipes plant, a hyperaccumula…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Every 2 seconds, cardiovascular disease (CVD) steals a life. 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) is the gold standard for CVD diagnosis, which is specialist-reliant and mainly available in urb…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Currently, the average global efficiency of oil extraction is around 35%, leaving almost two thirds of the initial reserve unexploited. Using a theoretical modeling of a magnetostrictive act…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With needs for electrical power increasing around the globe, this work will present a novel solution to meet energy demands by using the alternative energy generation of microbial fuel cells…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Gastroparesis, characterized by slowed or absent gastric contractions, affects 1.8% of the population, presents with severe nausea, abdominal pain, a high mortality rate, and incurs high tre…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
PURPOSE The project's purpose is to determine the number of particles in a mole, which is Avogadro's number. My hypothesis is that a mole of any substance contains a definite number of parti…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Prion proteins are associated with neurodegenerative diseases, causing normal cellular proteins to fold abnormally in a rapidly progressive manner. Studying the genes required for yeast prio…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
A high incidence of hepatorenal impairment in cancer patients treated with cisplatin has been reported. Berberine, a plant alkaloid possesses wide range of medicinal properties. Mitochondria…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) poses significant health risks, especially to infants under six months and adults over 65. The objective of this study is to deepen the understanding of str…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common “single-gene” cause of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) worldwide, often manifesting understudied seizure comorbidi…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, has become a global issue; One without a cure. Recent research…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The Safe Sense Helmet project addresses the critical need for enhanced safety and independence among blind individuals through the development of a cutting-edge wearable device. The research…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software Fourth Award
Despite the improvements made to the Emergency Call Service by the original EmSafe Project, numerous issues have been found that impact the safety and security of people around the world. Em…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Gastrointestinal cancers affect 1.1 million people and are responsible for >875K deaths annually, making them the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Late detection of recurrence…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) and autophagy are both essential physiological mechanisms within cells. However, limited research explores the relationship between endocannabinoids, specifi…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
The discovery of graphenes and fullerenes sparked a surge of interest in the understanding of their structures and properties. One approach, proposed by Friedrich, Seitz and Stefanelli stems…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Access to energy remains a demanding issue for island and coastal inhabitants due to their remoteness, with an estimated 70% of Pacific islander households and 57% of sub-Saharan African res…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Since the discovery of synthetic petroleum-based plastics, humanity has increased its production exponentially at the cost of our planet's health. This traditional plastic takes millions of…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
This project creates a POSIX-style shell that runs WebAssembly, allowing programs to be shared between developers without safety issues, platform incompatibilities, determinism problems, or…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Marine vertebrates have declined in abundance in the last four decades by an average of 22%. To observe marine organisms effectively, a waterborne propulsion system with minimal environmenta…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
8.2 million patients in the U.S. suffer from non-healing wounds infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Blue light and Sangre de Drago (SD) (Croton lechleri) have potent mechanisms of a…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research addresses the pivotal role of the agricultural sector in the Philippine economy, constituting 9.43 percent of the GDP and engaging 30 percent of the labor force. Corn, the seco…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The project explored biomimicry to optimize bobsleigh design. This was motivated by the sustainable development culture under SDG 13 for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its…