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ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Evidenced by mass load-shedding and power-cuts on a local & global scale, energy shortages and their effects on sustainable development are becoming more prominent especially in the developi…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The signaling between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the brain is incredibly important, as it manages multiple processes, including hunger rates. This signaling impacts eating patterns…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Type Ia supernovae are thermonuclear explosions that may occur when a white dwarf (WD) star approaches the Chandrasekhar mass due to accretion from a companion star. Simulating these explosi…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose of the Project Humans need water for everyday life such as cooking, to grow food, for the manufacturing of goods and sanitation. South Africa is classified as a water-stressed countr…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
When consumers go to the store, they are guided to the prettiest, reddest cut. After a few days, the meat's color can darken and turn brown, which is not ideal for a consumer. Synthetic anti…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
A pressure-regulated system was developed for the OxyCART oxygen concentrator that utilizes a pressure swing adsorption mechanism, which provides an efficient and cost-effective solution for…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) are organizations provided for high school students that aim to improve high school students’ knowledge of career clusters, contextual inst…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
One in twenty-four post-surgery patients in the USA will develop a surgical site infection due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria and decreased wound protection. This project entails the inven…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The overuse of chemical fertilizers causes eutrophication, which can damage aquatic ecosystems; I set out to determine whether alternatives to chemical fertilizers could decrease nitrate, ni…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Lignin-based fully biodegradable mulching film (LFMF) is a new product produced from paper waste, which is in the trial stage of farmland use. Its impact on soil microorganisms has not been…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy is one of the most common muscular dystrophies within the United States. However, very little research has been conducted in comparison to other dystro…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The project deals with how microplastics can be filtered out of washing machine wastewater. 35% of the microplastic released into our environment comes from washing machine wastewater. Our t…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Every forty seconds, suicide steals a life, yet no biomarkers exist for suicide. Suicide has largely been investigated from a psychological lens, and therefore the pathogenesis remains uncle…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Litsea cubeba (Lauraceae) is a woody plant which is widely distributed in Vietnam. Its fruit essential oil (FEO) showed a potent effect on the central nervous system (CNS). However, the neur…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
This research project aims to develop and test the efficacy of a chitin-based bioplastic. The goal is to create a biodegradable and temperature-insulating material that will replace the curr…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Severe coral bleaching can have bacterial causes, including the highly pathogenic Vibrio coralliilyticus. Unfortunately, there are currently no viable methods of treatment or prevention of i…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Students' academic achievement could be affected by the disorganization of their study habits and chronotypes. This study aimed at designing a valid and reliable scale to help students to id…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
The United Nations deems clean water a human right. Even so, the World Health Organization reports that over 2 billion people worldwide still do not have access to clean running water. Low-i…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Liquid household products that are thrown down the drain and into bodies of water may threaten aquatic life, especially organisms like Daphnia magna. Understanding said household products an…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Ischemic heart disease takes 17.9 million lives each year. Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors are key in angiogenesis and vascular remodeling. VEGF-B was found t…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
In this project we aim to study the structures of graph, generated by the transformations x? kx^n in Zp, with the goal to obtain results, in a sense equivalent to the result in Lee Deville's…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
A positive square matrix is an n × n array of positive real number entries. The Sinkhorn-Knopp alternate minimization algorithm transforms these matrices into their respective doubly stochas…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Agriculturalists face a challenge in efficiently growing plants in diverse environments due to human errors. We searched for an all-inclusive solution that’s sustainable, time-efficient, and…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The molten salt reactor (MSR) has garnered renewed interest as an alternative nuclear power technology due to their greater electrical-generation efficiency as compared to conventional Light…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
For decades, the representation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) has remained low compared to males. Possible factors include gender discrimination, lack of ro…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Rubbings are important world cultural heritages. It provides crucial roles in humanity like arts, history, and politics. However, due to the poor portion and weathering process, most rubbing…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the aquatic plants Lemna minor, Elodea, or Pistia stratiotes affected the levels of nitrates and phosphates in polluted waters. Determining…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive glucose monitoring using spectroscopy and machine learning. The spectral measurements were performed on a pa…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study applies natural language processing to fake news comment sections as a novel framework for efficient, real-time detection. Online social networks are essential tools to communicat…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Show caves with artificial lighting can be colonized by algae that would not normally be native to the environment. Onondaga Cave algae has no exposure to natural light and minimal exposure…