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ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The hearts of humans as well as Daphnia magna are striated and neurogenic. In humans, substances that induce sleep also lower blood pressure and heart rate. Research indicates that when D. m…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The remarkable ability of planarian flatworms to heal severe wounds, replenish missing tissue, and recreate missing organs has long captivated biologists, but across the hundreds of planaria…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in the world. Because humans form few cardiomyocytes post-birth, engineering new myocardium could transform the treatment of heart…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Solving various social problems—such as environmental pollution and epidemics—requires the majority of the community members to pursue behavioral change. The type of behavior adopted is dete…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Protein kinases are important anticancer drug targets due to their crucial role in regulating key biochemical and cellular processes. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK-1) is a key regulatory marker fo…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Second Award
This study evaluated the cytotoxicity of two Centella asiatica (CA) methanolic leaf extracts on the metastatic, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line MDA-MB-231. CA is a plant regio…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Harmful algae blooms (HABs) containing cyanobacteria significantly lower oxygen levels in natural bodies of water, killing organisms in marine or freshwaters. They also produce microcystins,…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) utilize fluorescent dyes in a transparent material to absorb diffuse radiation in the ultraviolet region and re-emit it as visible light. The emitted li…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Fourth Award
As of April 2022, there have been 500 million cases and 6.18 million deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. Current treatments are limited, thus necessitating the development of an effective therap…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease that develops in humans resulting from inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. This is due to an overabundance of myeloid cells…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The current pectin industry is built around the utilization of orange peels (citrus sinensis) as the most commercially viable option for pectin harvesting. Current estimates of pectin conten…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) also known as Exosomes which are secreted by cells and play functional role in cell-cell communications. Recent advances in EV field have shown that they can be…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
In this study, a linear recurrence relation, a(n)=a(n-1)+ (a(n-1) mod m) where m is any odd positive integer, is investigated for potential applications in cryptography. The periodic sequenc…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The Chrysemys picta, also known as the Western Painted turtle, is a very common breed of amphibian living in the Sandhills of Nebraska. This project investigated the change in location over…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Third Award
Surplus nitrogen's runoff causes numerous environmental hazards, such as algae blooms, which endangers marine wildlife. Currently, farmers use 60-cent single-use test strips (returns qualita…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
A growing area of research is focused on identifying drugs that have differential cytotoxic effects on normal and cancer cells. Pomegranate polyphenols are potent antioxidants and has antica…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Depressed teens feel obligated to deal with these serious issues by themselves to avoid burdening those around them and keep quiet…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Inspection of a myriad number of thermometers for commercial sale reveals many discrepancies with the reading. More specifically, things like tympanic and temporal readings are greater than…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see if there are statistical trends that exist with student’s GPAs before and after COVID-19. Deidentified data was collected from the Monte Vista School…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The notable increase in workplace injuries in industrial workshops and factories in Palestine, and the growing percentage of human lives that are lost in such environments due to non-commitm…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Second Award
Global warming and the rapidly growing world population are among the most serious issues that threaten global food security. A new approach to support plant productivity is through exploiti…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Acylation of biphenyl with acetyl chloride is a commonly used Friedel-Crafts reaction. Side products observed between the reactant and the acetylating agent are often due to incorrect stoich…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Does quantum mechanics embed the possibility to be a true theory that corresponds to the principle of nature? If locality and reality, common assumptions of physics, are valid, quantum mecha…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the world today many children with autism or Asperger struggle with atypical eating that will follow them into their adult lives. It is hypothesized that being able to taste Phenylthiocar…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this experiment we tested the purity of several different sources of water including spring water from Cress Creek, water from the Snake River, water directly from a glacier lake located…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused devastation across the American-West during summer months, eradicating entire belts of natural plant growth and resulting in immense loss of life and property. Furtherm…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Third Award
Globally, 250 million people have visual impairment, and many are unable to move around safely without human assistance due to the complexity of finding pathways, avoiding obstacles, risk of…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a growing and deadly epidemic around the world and particularly in the United States. Complications associated with diabetes arise from prolonged high blood glucose concentration…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Visual tracking is an important skill to have to be successful in any sport. However, in baseball, the eyes play a vital role in the success of players. A fastball thrown by a pitcher will r…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Digitate silica sinter found in the outflow apron of terrestrial hot springs have been found to contain biosignatures of microbial communities, including into the ancient past. In 2007, the…