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ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
Last year, a soil surfactant and different rates of nitrogen fertility were tested to see if they affect the surface characteristics of turfgrass with varied ET replacement. There were signi…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous mold that poses a great risk to many immunocompromised patients and is becoming increasingly resistant to currently used azole-antifungal medications. P…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Weevils such as Sitophilus spp. and Tribolium castaneum have high dispersion power and the ability to perforate packages, making contaminated grains consumption unviable. Looking for an alte…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy First Award
The planetary nebula known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) has a complex, point-symmetric morphology that is unexplained by the current theory of planetary nebula formation, the Interacti…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
More than 2 million tons of waste printed circuit boards have been generated each year all over the world. The traditional procedures for recycling precious metal from these circuit boards r…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a disease hallmarked by continuous inflammation along the gastrointestinal tract, which is largely the consequence of autoimmunity. Its prevalence continues to spr…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) influence growth, migration and survival of cells as well as cell division in mammary gland development. FGF signaling deregulation can thus cause formation…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) have the important job of controlling bacterial populations in coral reefs. The recent abundance of marine microplastics, however, which often harbor a micro…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are an invasive species in Maine that have severely impacted marine environments and decimated commercially-significant bivalve populations, including the blue…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Third Award
For decades, food wastes have been a global concern with 1.3 billion tons of food wasted annually costing 2.6 trillion USD. Besides, the outbreak of pathogenic bacteria causes almost 9 milli…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Improving air quality is a goal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of this study was to reduce pollutants in car exhaust using a filter designed and cons…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
EXoplanet ConfIrmaTIoN throuGh transits (EXCITING) is a project that determines the validity of TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) exoplanet candidates. The project aims to identify false positi…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Due to technological advancements in artificial intelligence, computers can charter the path/course for a multitude of proteins/enzymes and their metabolites in order to diagnose and/or cure…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Experimentation on larvicidal activities of Acacia auriculiformis fruit extracts on different life cycle stages of Anopheles, Culex, Chironomus and Clogmia for showing its potential ability…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
In the process of thermal radiation, many materials release heat as light. A transmission window in the atmosphere allows infrared light to pass through. Because of this, the heat that is re…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
In order to explore how the immune response caused by Salmonella Typhimurium plays a role in tumor bacteriotherapy, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was extracted from Salmonella Typhimurium and ano…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The mushroom body (MB) is an intelligence center of the Drosophila brain. It plays essential roles in many aspects of behavior, including learning and memory, motivation, courtship, and slee…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Prebiotic are non-digestible polysaccharides, one of potent functional food, which can specifically enhance growth of beneficial bacteria in the host gastrointestinal systems. There are seve…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
T-cells are a class of lymphocytes that play an essential role in adaptive immunity and are known to develop in the thymus. However, functional T-cells are also found in animals lacking a th…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant condition at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma, a type of incurable blood cancer, and other type of plasma c…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
In Italy, more than 10,000 people are affected by a motor disability (source: Italian Statistics Institute, 2018). Most of them have lost their independence, confined on a wheelchair assiste…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Tissue engineering can address significant need through proliferation of stem cells to grow organs sufficient for clinical transplantation. By combining 3D-printing, with growth of layered s…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
Background: Elevated serum uric acid (UA) is associated with obesity, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. The goal of this research was to determine if a low-cost chemosensor-strip fabrica…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
In recent years, significant developments in science and technology have occurred, thereby placing a strain on energy demands and supply units. Therefore, there is a need to adopt renewable…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant debate about the correct and most efficient type of face-covering to wear, and research on this topic could save hundreds if not thousands of l…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
During this unforeseen pandemic, face masks have become a key part of our daily lives, with the majority of the population having to wear them for at least 8 hours daily. There are various t…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Limited resources and increased demands for energy underscores the importance of alternate sources of efficient, renewable energy. This project’s aim is to develop a hydrophobic weatherproof…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
My project compares bird activity in the morning and the afternoon to determine if the time of day and temperature affect the diversity and number of birds found in my yard. Ornithology, the…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury in the elderly and are responsible for more than 32,000 deaths and $50 billion in costs annually. Presently available fall-detection devices have…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Computationally determining protein structure and function is promising, but researchers currently lack a complete end-to-end open-source tool capable of sequence alignment, de novo protein…